HC Deb 23 May 1994 vol 244 cc11-3W
Mr. Bates

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each police authority(a) the standard spending assessment and (b) the actual spending broken down into (i) local authority actual spend and (ii)

Table A
(£ million)
County and combined police authorities (England) 1992–93 Police SSA1 1992–93 Total local authority current expenditure 1992–93 Police current grant paid
Avon and Somerset 63.999 124.322 63.404
Bedfordshire 25.127 44.210 22.547
Cambridgeshire 26.516 50.027 25.514
Cheshire 39.805 72.966 37.213
Cleveland 31.139 59.802 30.499
Cumbria 24.609 49.501 25.245
Derbyshire 38.354 75.791 38.653
Devon and Cornwall 60.702 128.271 65.418
Dorset 26.993 55.644 28.378
Durham 28.796 53.226 27.146
Essex 64.662 125.833 64.175
Gloucestershire 24.546 48.067 24.514
Hampshire 71.551 135.434 69.071
Hertfordshire 38.803 68.523 34.947
Humberside 42.168 84.119 42.901
Kent 68.381 137.696 70.225
Lancashire 66.943 128.669 65.621
Leicestershire 38.416 72.784 37.120
Lincolnshire 25.002 51.065 26.043
Norfolk 29.978 59.084 30.133
Northamptonshire 24.671 50.617 25.815
North Yorkshire 29.398 58.444 29.806
Nottinghamshire 48.595 89.489 45.639
Staffordshire 45.921 87.742 44.748
Suffolk 25.562 50.731 25.873
Surrey 39.239 70.879 36.148
Sussex 60.754 115.114 58.708
Thames Valley 85.179 160.512 81.861
Warwickshire 21.520 42.489 21.669
West Mercia 42.562 82.670 42.162
Wiltshire 26.495 51.400 26.214
Metropolitan county police authorities
Greater Manchester 144.294 272.190 138.817
Merseyside 97.596 189.280 96.533
Northumbria 74.897 136.534 69.632
South Yorkshire 62.880 117.544 59.948
West Midlands 143.595 284.274 144.980
West Yorkshire 110.489 208.724 106.449
City of London 23.187 44.246 22.565
Metropolitan police 750.134 1,453.982 756.070
Welsh police authorities2
Dyfed Powys — 38.896 19.837
Gwent — 38.965 19.872
North Wales — 56.047 28.584
South Wales — 127.301 64.923
Note:
1 For the English county and combined police authorities the police SSAs shown are the police component of the county council's SSAs.
2 Welsh county councils SSAs do not identify separate components for individual services such as police.

Approved establishment Actual strength
As at 31 March 1993
COUNTY AND COMBINED FORCES
Avon and Somerset 3,087 3,068
Bedfordshire 1,178 1,168
Cambridgeshire 1,241 1,265
Cheshire 1,920 1,908
Cleveland 1,502 1,478

Home Office grant; (c) the authorised establishment levels and (d) the actual establishment levels for the last year for which figures are available.

Mr. Charles Wardle

The information provided in the tables is for 1992–93, which is the most recent year for which expenditure outturn is available:

Approved establishment Actual strength
Cumbria 1,187 1,196
Derbyshire 1,850 1,830
Devon and Cornwall 2,928 2,910
Dorset 1,302 1,302
Durham 1,389 1,381
Essex 2,950 2,936
Gloucestershire 1,184 1,149
Hampshire 3,269 3,275

Approved establishment Actual strength
Hertfordshire 1,684 1,700
Humberside 2,034 2,032
Kent 3,136 3,146
Lancashire 3,229 3,207
Leicestershire 1,853 1,805
Lincolnshire 1,206 1,200
Norfolk 1,446 1,440
Northamptonshire 1,190 1,199
North Yorkshire 1,418 1,393
Nottinghamshire 2,344 2,327
Staffordshire 2,215 2,179
Suffolk 1,233 1,241
Surrey 1,673 1,693
Sussex 3,014 3,008
Thames Valley 3,812 3,840
Warwickshire 1,020 1,020
West Mercia 2,053 2,054
Wiltshire 1,181 1,265
METROPOLITAN COUNTY FORCES
Greater Manchester 7,077 7,060
Merseyside 4,706 4,669
Northumbria 3,613 3,563
South Yorkshire 3,031 3,032
West Midlands 6,977 6,953
West Yorkshire 5,295 5,037
City of London 798 825
Metropolitan 28,118 27,867
WELSH FORCES
Dyfed-Powys 969 967
Gwent 1,010 1,004
North Wales 1,369 1,360
South Wales 3,168 3,176
TOTAL 126,859 126,128