§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what have been the additional reductions to the budget limits of each police authority for 1995–96. [16255]
§ Mr. MacleanThe amounts of grant to police authorities were announced in the reply given to a question from the hon. and learned Member for Burton (Sir I. Lawrence) on 30 January, column516. Funding of the police service in England and Wales will be increased by 4 per cent. in 1995–96. The setting of budgets is a matter for police authorities, subject only to the capping criteria. The capping of budgets for all classes of local authority is a matter, in England, for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment, and in Wales for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales. No changes have been made to the provisional capping criteria for 1995–96 announced in December 1994.