§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on(a) the terms of reference of his Department's review of the area cost adjustment as applied to the police service, (b) the alternative methods of measuring the local costs of policing which are being considered to replace the area cost adjustment, (c) the nature of the proposed regional salary premium for the police service and (d) the date on which the outcome of this review will be published. [2896]
§ Mr. MacleanWe have commissioned no such review, but the review of the area cost adjustment commissioned by my right hon. Friend the Minister for Local Government, Housing and Urban Regeneration considered the adjustment as it affects all local authority services including the police. The Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, my hon. Friend the Member 121W for Croydon, Central (Sir P. Beresford), announced the publication of the report of the review on 12 July, column 350, and a copy has been placed in the Library.
The report proposed that all local authority services should receive a regional pay premium to reflect the difference in average wages in different parts of the country. The police and local authority associations are being consulted about the recommendations. No further alternatives to the present adjustment for the police are currently being considered, although work continues on methods of taking into account any extra costs associated with the policing of sparsely and densely populated areas.
§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many full-time equivalent(a) police officers and (b) civilian staff were employed by each police authority in England and Wales; and what was each police authority's annual expenditure on the salaries and other employment costs of (i) police officers and (ii) civilian staff in the latest year for which figures are available. [2897]
§ Mr. MacleanThe latest available information on police and civilian staff numbers relates to those in post at 31 March 1996. The latest available data on police expenditure on salaries and other employment costs cover the financial year 1994–95. The information is set out in the tables.
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Table 1: Full-time equivalent police officers and civilian staff as at 31 March 1996 England and Wales Police force Police officers Civilian staff Avon and Somerset 2,981.0 1,213.2 Bedfordshire 1,127.7 472.2 Cambridgeshire 1,238.1 529.7 Cheshire 1,997.9 689.5 City of London 869.5 324.0 Cleveland 1,420.3 553.3 Cumbria 1,115.0 407.8 Derbyshire 1,763.1 655.5 Devon and Cornwall 2,898.9 1,120.9 Dorset 1,263.0 620.5 Durham 1,401.0 530.5 Dyfed-Powys 991.0 309.5 Essex 2,884.3 1,130.0 Gloucestershire 1,132.7 415.0 Greater Manchester 6,938.0 2,748.9 Gwent 1,043.5 377.5 Hampshire 3,347.1 1,323.0 Hertfordshire 1,712.0 753.7 Humberside 2,041.0 682.7 Kent 3,120.1 1,140.9 Lancashire 3,171.0 1,349.0 Leicestershire 1,908.3 667.0 Lincolnshire 1,144.6 441.8 Merseyside 4,411.0 1,560.0 Metropolitan Police 27,343.0 14,371.5 Norfolk 1,401.0 529.2 Northamptonshire 1,152.5 511.0 Northumbria 3,668.3 1,318.8 North Wales 1,377.5 512.0 North Yorkshire 1,324.4 520.1 Nottinghamshire 2,317.7 979.1 South Wales 3,027.0 1,286.5 South Yorkshire 3,073.1 1,418.0 Staffordshire 2,208.8 753.5 Suffolk 1,137.8 485.2 Surrey 1,643.8 754.0 Sussex 3,073.5 1,131.5 Thames Valley 3,674.0 1,738.0
Table 1: Full-time equivalent police officers and civilian staff as at 31 March 1996 England and Wales Police force Police officers Civilian staff Warwickshire 979.0 376.1 West Mercia 2,016.8 963.7 West Midlands 7,145.1 2,780.0 West Yorkshire 5,142.0 2,036.5 Wiltshire 1,218.5 452.6 Total all forces 124,843.7 52,933.2
Table 2: Police service: expenditure on salaries and other employment costs 1994–95 outturn (£000s) Total police pay-related expenditure1 Total civilian pay-related expenditure2 Police forces in England and Wales Avon and Somerset 85,316,111 19,139,213 Bedfordshire 33,140,685 7,457,656 Cambridgeshire 36,242,935 8,128,967 Cheshire 56,217,819 9,355,671 City of London 30,983,908 6,956,611 Cleveland 40,931,816 7,694,758 Cumbria 32,637,506 6,964,780 Derbyshire 54,267,941 10,016,527 Devon and Cornwall 83,887,086 18,029,887 Dorset 37,305,970 9,733,193 Durham 39,142,692 6,965,621 Dyfed-Powys 27,216,557 4,905,418 Essex 91,146,416 17,906,359 Gloucestershire 34,703,509 6,529,384 Greater Manchester 209,642,777 38,231,708 Gwent 29,576,743 4,701,197 Hampshire 100,624,081 17,244,553 Hertfordshire 48,478,580 11,264,686 Humberside 60,229,954 9,932,736 Kent 94,163,173 18,715,546 Lancashire 90,848,818 14,541,103 Leicestershire 51,620,858 11,245,407 Lincolnshire 36,042,507 7,356,684 Merseyside 138,009,293 22,924,164 Metropolitan Police3 886,003,000 267,568,000 Norfolk 42,573,312 8,607,065 North Wales 38,981,949 7,397,179 North Yorkshire 37,809,131 6,627,382 Northamptonshire 35,768,521 7,667,025 Northumbria 106,112,247 19,801,523 Nottinghamshire 65,261,970 14,184,376 South Wales 88,142,297 17,359,348 South Yorkshire 88,151,669 15,922,784 Staffordshire 62,084,101 9,766,539 Suffolk 36,198,568 7,689,433 Surrey 49,062,078 12,485,234 Sussex 86,111,850 18,072,982 Thames Valley 117,103,908 27,034,246 Warwickshire 31,345,249 5,557,639 West Mercia 60,839,289 12,408,662 West Midlands 201,413,195 41,182,039 West Yorkshire 143,186,706 28,458,413 Wiltshire 36,557,487 6,243,494 Source:
Home Office 1994–95 revenue expenditure grant claim forms.
Notes:
1Police pay and related expenditure comprises police salaries, overtime, national insurance, allowances and expenses.
2Civilian pay and related expenditure comprises salaries, overtime, national insurance and employers' pension contributions.
3Expenditure data were taken from the Metropolitan police budget and precept report 1996–97.
§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what adjustment was made in(a) percentage 123W and (b) cash terms to the budget of each police authority in England and Wales in 1996–97 as a result of the area cost adjustment. [2895]
§ Mr. MacleanThe area cost adjustment is applied to the share of police principal grant and standard spending assessment allocated to individual forces. The following table shows how the allocations in 1996–97 would have varied if area cost adjustment had not been applied, and there had been no change in the total amount allocated.
Effect of removing area cost adjustment factor Police principal grant and SSA With ACA £ million Without ACA £ million Percentage change Avon and Somerset 153 160 4.4 Bedfordshire 57 57 -0.2 Cambridgeshire 66 69 4.5 Cheshire 98 102 4.5 City of London 53 36 -32.2 Cleveland 73 76 4.5 Cumbria 57 59 4.4 Derbyshire 92 96 4.5 Devon and Cornwall 152 159 4.4 Dorset 64 67 4.5 Durham 71 74 4.4 Dyfed-Powys 48 50 4.5 Essex 150 147 -2.3 Gloucestershire 58 61 4.6 Greater Manchester 340 356 4.5 Gwent 62 65 4.5 Hampshire 174 174 -0.2 Hertfordshire 89 84 -5.4 Humberside 102 107 4.5 Kent 163 161 -1.0 Lancashire 162 169 4.5 Leicestershire 94 98 4.5 Lincolnshire 58 60 4.4 Merseyside 217 227 4.5 Metropolitan Police1 1,551 1,416 -8.7 Norfolk 75 79 4.5 North Wales 69 72 4.5 North Yorkshire 69 72 4.4 Northamptonshire 58 61 4.5 Northumbria 186 195 4.5 Nottinghamshire 114 119 4.5 South Wales 149 156 4.4 South Yorkshire 154 160 4.5 Staffordshire 108 113 4.4 Suffolk 61 64 4.4 Surrey 81 76 -6.3 Sussex 150 149 -0.6 Thames Valley 200 197 -1.9 Warwickshire 49 51 4.5 West Mercia 103 107 4.5 West Midlands 340 356 4.6 West Yorkshire 258 270 4.5 Wiltshire 60 63 4.8 Total 6,487 6,487 0.0 1Including a special payment of £130 million to cover national and capital city functions.