§ Mr. MackinlayTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make available in the Vote Office copies of the report, "The Critical Analysis of the Police Funding Formula", prepared by Price Waterhouse, which was commissioned by his Department. [30261]
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 26 June 1995]: I have arranged for copies to be placed in the Library.
§ Mr. MackinlayTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the losses to police authorities in the south-east of England that would arise from the removal of the area cost adjustment in police authorities' funding in the year 1996–97; and if he will make a statement. [30262]
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 26 June I995]: The table shows the effect, in 1995–96, of ceasing to pay the area cost adjustment to police authorities. The 1996–97 quantum will not be determined until later this year.
The area cost adjustment reflects the extra costs incurred in providing a service in the more expensive areas of the south-east, and we have no plans to abolish it. My right hon. and learned Friend the Home Secretary and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment will, however, consider the views of the police and local authority associations about any 577W refinements to the calculation of the area cost adjustment which may be put forward.
Effect of removing area cost adjustment factor £ million With ACA Without ACA Percentage change Avon and Somerset 147 154 5 Bedfordshire 55 55 -1 Cambridgeshire 62 66 5 Cheshire 93 98 5 Cleveland 70 74 5 Cumbria 54 57 5 Derbyshire 88 92 5 Devon and Cornwall 146 153 5 Dorset 62 65 5 Durham 68 71 5 Dyfed-Powys 46 48 5 Essex 146 142 -3 Gloucestershire 56 59 5 Greater Manchester 326 343 5 Gwent 49 52 5 Hampshire 168 167 -1 Hertfordshire 87 81 -6 Humberside 98 103 5 Kent 158 155 -2 Lancashire 155 163 5 Leicestershire 89 94 5 Lincolnshire 55 58 5 Merseyside 214 225 5 Metropolitan Police 1,529 1,383 -10 Norfolk 71 75 5 North Wales 66 69 5 North Yorkshire 66 70 5 Northamptonshire 55 58 5 Northumbria 178 187 5 Nottinghamshire 109 115 5 South Wales 152 160 5 South Yorkshire 146 154 5 Staffordshire 101 106 5 Suffolk 58 61 5 Surrey 80 75 -7 Sussex 145 143 -1 Thames Valley 192 187 -3 Warwickshire 47 50 5 West Mercia 97 102 5 West Midlands 327 345 5 West Yorkshire 248 261 5 Wiltshire 58 61 5 City of London 54 35 -35 Total (including City) 6,270 6,270 0 Notes:
1. The above estimates the effect of removing the area cost adjustment on distribution of the 1995–96 quantum.
2. Allocations shown are the total of police SSA and grant i.e. without capital financing and other SSAs and SSA reduction grant.
3. A special payment of £130 million to the Metropolitan police has been assumed, to cover their national and capital city functions.