§ Mr. Nigel JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each police authority, the standard spending assessment, the actual spending, the police establishment based on SSA and the actual establishment for the last year for which figures are available.
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§ Mr. Charles WardleInformation for 1991–92 on standard spending assessments, expenditure and force establishments is given in the table. Police establishments are not based on SSAs.
The table excludes Welsh forces, because no separate police component is identified in SSAs for Welsh county councils.
Police Authority Police SSA 1991–92 (£ million) Outturn Expend (£ million) Authorised Establishment 31 March 1992 Avon and Somerset 55.443 111.509 3,085 Bedfordshire 20.238 39.148 1,117 Cambridgeshire 21.691 47.116 1,231 Cheshire 33.986 66.960 1,900 City of London 20.639 40.820 798 Cleveland 27.037 54.802 1,502 Cumbria 21.151 45.080 1,183 Derbyshire 32.276 66.048 1,825 Devon and Cornwall 51.536 117.436 2,880 Dorset 22.879 52.006 1,287 Durham 24.751 48.589 1,389 Essex 54.851 115.540 2,892 Gloucestershire 20.953 44.611 1,183 Greater Manchester 115.636 248.807 7,057 Hampshire 59.904 124.970 3,202 Hertfordshire 32.973 62.868 1,680 Humberside 36.128 77.396 2,025 Kent 57.435 128.734 3,054 Lancashire 57.873 122.019 3,225 Leicestershire 32.636 67.196 1,827 Lincolnshire 21.547 47.235 1,206 Merseyside 84.622 178.884 4,706 Metropolitan 547.984 1,339.605 28,391 Norfolk 25.345 54.100 1,421 Northamptonshire 20.539 45.499 1,167 Northumbria 63.939 132.826 3,586 North Yorkshire 25.345 51.679 1,414 Nottinghamshire 42.194 82.629 2,344 South Yorkshire 53.967 103.166 3,016 Staffordshire 39.638 82.163 2,211 Suffolk 21.673 48.069 1,216 Surrey 33.255 63.421 1,670 Sussex 56.093 106.178 2,982 Thames Valley 70.893 149.414 3,725 Warwickshire 18.451 39.842 1,016 West Mercia 36.415 77.230 2,024 West Midlands 124.080 250.816 6,958 West Yorkshire 95.027 197.226 5,295 Wiltshire 21.115 46.215 1,114