HC Deb 24 January 1995 vol 253 cc149-50W
Mr. Clifton-Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which constabularies' applications for special payments for a one-off abnormal operation have been successful during the past five years; and what percentage of their annual budget the cost of that operation represented.

Mr. Maclean

One application for a special payment of grant has been successful during the past five years, from Northumbria police authority. The estimated additional expenditure incurred represented 6.4 per cent. of budget.