HC Deb 22 December 1997 vol 303 cc541-2W
22. Mr. Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent representations he has received on the use of laser pens as weapons. [20180]

Mr. Mike O'Brien

The Home Office has received 33 letters from hon. Members and 35 letters and one telephone call from members of the public.

Net Police pension costs
1992–93 1993–94 1994–95
Net pension costs (£000) Percentage of net expenditure Net pension costs (£000) Percentage of net expenditure Net pension costs (£000) Percentage of net expenditure
Avon and Somerset 11,145 8.7 16,100 12.0 16,969 12.0
Bedfordshire 2,723 6.0 2,792 5.7 4,252 8.3
Cambridgeshire 3,849 7.5 4,510 7.9 5,407 9.2
Cheshire 6,335 8.6 7,480 9.3 7,528 9.1
City of London 3,607 8.0 4,359 8.5 4,971 9.5
Cleveland 6,506 10.4 8,633 13.0 7,978 11.6
Cumbria 4,873 9.6 5,194 10.0 5,702 10.5
Derbyshire 6,669 8.7 7,075 9.0 7,753 9.2
Devon and Cornwall 10,981 8.5 14,038 10.2 13,930 9.9
Dorset 4,525 7.9 4,905 8.3 5,972 9.0
Durham 5,835 10.8 7,640 13.2 6,905 11.7
Dyfed Powys 3,787 9.4 4,950 11.7 5,148 11.3
Essex 8,779 6.8 9,334 6.8 n/a
Gloucestershire 4,198 8.5 4,607 8.9 4,805 8.7
Greater Manchester 26,238 9.3 31,509 10.3 35,158 11.0
Gwent 2,883 7.1 4,340 10.2 4,739 10.7
Hampshire 10,266 7.2 11,725 8.0 13,610 8.8
Hertfordshire 4,578 6.5 5,043 6.8 5,850 6.9
Humberside 7,483 8.6 9,890 11.0 9,189 9.9
Kent 11,807 8.7 12,488 8.7 12,510 8.1
Lancashire 13,589 10.3 18,066 12.7 16,771 11.6
Leicestershire 7,788 10.3 8,516 10.9 10,129 12.5