§ Mr. FraserTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent on each of the four Welsh police forces in each year since 1979. [11191]
§ Mr. MichaelThe information is set out in the table.
Expenditure £ million Dyfed Powys Gwent North Wales South Wales 1978–79 7.615 8.511 11.672 26.219 1979–80 10.016 10.971 15.362 35.086 1980–81 11.698 12.826 17.233 41.527 1981–82 13.709 15.014 20.060 49.634 1982–83 15.052 16.379 22.314 55.399 1983–84 16.301 18.455 25.200 59.667 1984–85 19.134 20.120 27.838 66.756 1985–86 18.813 20.619 27.567 68.001 1986–87 20.699 22.213 30.257 72.723 1987–88 23.831 24.096 32.961 78.957 1988–89 25.293 27.170 36.812 86.312 1989–90 29.522 30.444 41.084 97.275 1990–91 30.878 33.286 44.725 106.257 1991–92 35.150 36.682 50.700 118.537 1992–93 38.896 38.965 55.897 127.300 1993–94 41.518 41.406 58.387 130.885 1994–95 44.381 42.951 61.156 130.371 1995–96 46.534 49.907 66.185 154.710 1996–97 48.813 62.752 69.339 151.524 1997–98 50.481 65.162 72.039 156.800 Information from police grant claim forms, except: 1995–96 and 1996–97—Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy estimates. 1997–98—revenue budgets and additional police grant.