§ Mr. MackinlayTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the estimated cost to each police authority in the south-east of England of funding from revenue police pensions in the years 1995–96 and 1996–97; and what proportion these sums represent of each police authority's budget. [30260]
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 26 June 1995]: The table sets out the budgeted net expenditure on police pensions in 1995–96, as estimated by police forces in the south-east of England.
£ million Force Total revenue budget Budgeted net pensions expenditure Percentage of budget Metropolitan Police 1,628.68 133.74 8.2 City of London 61.33 4.68 7.6 Kent 158.10 16.63 10.5 Surrey 84.10 7.79 9.3 Sussex 145.78 14.44 9.9 Essex 147.80 13.68 9.3 Hertfordshire 87.04 6.06 7.0 Thames Valley 194.41 16.85 8.7 Equivalent budget information for 1996–97 is not available. It will be for the individual police authorities, in setting their budget requirements for 1996–97, to decide the appropriate provision to set aside to meet pension costs.