§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of the additional cash for police authorities announced in the Budget he estimates will be taken up with(a) pension costs, (b) pay increases and (c) additional recruitment of police officers and their training. [4059]
§ Mr. MacleanThe extra provision for police authorities announced in the provisional settlement for 1996–97 includes(a) £79.9 million for the estimated increase in police pension costs between 1995–96 and 1996–97; (b) £123.6 million for the estimated requirement to fund pay increases and (c) £20 million to enable the police service to employ 1,000 additional constables by the end of 1996–97.
§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his estimate of the cash needed 213W to meet the pension costs for police authorities in England and Wales in respect of police officers and retired police officers in 1996–97 additional to those of (a) 1995–96 and (b) 1994–95. [4058]
§ Mr. MacleanThe additional provision required to fund police pension costs estimated by the Government Actuary's Department in 1996–97 is(a) £79.9 million more than the equivalent estimate for 1995–96 and (b) £149.1 million more than for 1994–95.
§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what reasons the money for additional recruiting of police officers is(a) not treated as a separate item and (b) subsumed in the increase in total police spending of around 4 per cent. shown in Home Office press release 267/95 of 28 November. [4033]
§ Mr. MacleanHome Office press release 267/95 of 28 November dealt with overall planned expenditure for Home Office services announced as part of the Chancellor's unified Budget. Section 3 of the draft Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 1996–97, which my right hon. and learned Friend placed in the Library on 30 November, sets out the proposed allocation of police grant, including the additional funding for extra police officers.