HC Deb 28 January 1997 vol 289 c125W
Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his estimate of the annual cost of providing an additional 3,000 police officers. [12806]

Mr. Maclean

[holding answer 27 January 1997]: The additional cost of 3,000 extra police constables in 1997–98 is an estimated £60 million, which the Government have made available.