§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state by police authority in England(a) the cost of police per unit D of council tax, (b) the number of police per square mile and (c) expenditure per head of population.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThe information is given in the table. Police coverage by area is normally expressed as hectares per officer.
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Cost of police per unit D of council tax, hectares covered per police officer and expenditure on the police per head of population Police force Cost per unit D of council tax1 (£) Hectares covered per officer2 Expenditure per head of population3 (£) Avon and Somerset 263 155 90 Bedfordshire 268 105 89 Cambridgeshire 265 275 86 Cheshire 245 121 83 Cleveland 395 39 113 Cumbria 317 574 103 Derbyshire 273 142 85 Devon and Cornwall 254 351 89 Dorset 238 204 91 Durham 330 175 92 Essex 254 122 91 Gloucestershire 273 223 98 Greater Manchester 397 18 116 Hampshire 236 127 83 Hertfordshire 223 88 87 Humberside 347 173 100
Police force Cost per unit D of council tax1 (£) Hectares covered per officer2 Expenditure per head of population3 (£) Kent 273 119 98 Lancashire 325 95 99 Leicestershire 270 138 83 Lincolnshire 290 490 91 Merseyside 494 14 139 Norfolk 248 371 82 Northamptonshire 300 199 94 Northumbria 363 154 104 North Yorkshire 246 586 87 Nottinghamshire 324 92 96 South Yorkshire 345 51 96 Staffordshire 283 123 87 Suffolk 247 308 82 Surrey 229 88 98 Sussex 219 126 85 Thames Valley 241 151 90 Warwickshire 275 194 97 West Mercia 235 361 80 West Midlands 397 13 113 West Yorkshire 382 39 111 Wiltshire 273 295 97 City of London 19,979 0.34 12,772 Metropolitan 522 7 207 1 Based on estimated expenditure for 1993–94 and 1993–94 taxbase. 2 Based on police force establishment at 31 December 1993. 3 Based on estimated expenditure for 1993–94 and population as at June 1992.