§ Mr. StrawTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list(a) total capital expenditure for his Department and (b) capital expenditure on (i) the Prison Service, (ii) police and (iii) other Department functions indicting the expenditure planned for each of the following three financial years set out in the public expenditure surveys for 1991–92 and each subsequent year together with estimated outturns where these are available. [26035]
§ Mr. Howard[holding answer 24 April 1996]: Information in the form requested is not available.
Capital spending by the Home Department has been as follows:
£ million, outturn prices Year Prison service Police Other Total 1991–92 431.7 193.7 85.6 711.0 1992–93 342.7 221.4 102.6 666.7 1993–94 294.0 243.6 112.9 650.5 1994–95 322.8 242.5 96.6 661.9 1995–961 327.7 252.5 92.6 672.8 1996–971 120.0 224.7 85.4 431.1 1997–981 111.5 220.3 82.9 414.7 1998–991 113.6 200.8 81.7 396.1 1. The data are standardised by including expenditure for services which are the current responsibility of the Home Office.
2. The figures for "Police" and "Other" include capital grants and credit approvals to local authorities.
3. Capital expenditure by the Charity Commission is omitted.
4. "Police" expenditure includes expenditure by the Forensic Science Service agency. "Other" includes expenditure by the United Kingdom Passport Agency and the Fire Service College trading fund.
1Actual expenditure is given for years up to 1994–95; estimates for 1995–96; public expenditure survey projections for later years.