§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is for each police authority in Wales the proposed standard spending assessment for 1996–97 and the standard spending assessment set for 1995–96 and each of the previous five years. [8577]
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesMy right hon. Friend announced on 30 November provisional standard spending assessment for 1996–97 for police authorities in Wales as shown as follows. The figures reflect changes in police authority boundaries from 1 April 1996.
Provisional SSA 1996–97 £ million Dyfed-Powys 24.3 Gwent 31.4 North Wales 34.7 South Wales 75.8 The SSAs for police authorities for 1995–;96 are as follows:
380Wand (c) in total in each year since 1990 at constant prices indicating each figure as a percentage of the corresponding total. [8088]
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesDetails of financial support for agriculture in Wales are published in figure 2.01 of the Welsh Office departmental report and are broken down between Common agricultural policy commodity and domestic agricultural support.
These figures, together with their respective shares of the total, are shown in the table in constant 1990 prices for the financial years 1990–91 to 1994–95.
SSA 1995–96 £ million Dyfed-Powys 23.4 Gwent 25.3 North Wales 33.3 South Wales 77.7 Prior to 1995–96, there were no SSAs for police authorities in Wales. County council SSAs included provision for the police.