HC Deb 31 July 1997 vol 299 cc556-8W
Mr. Chidgey

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were(a) the total and (b) the average overtime payments for police officers in each police force in England and Wales for each year since 1992–93. [115061

Mr. Michael

The following tables show overtime costs, where available, for each police force in years 1992–93 to 1995–96. Figures for 1996–97 are not held centrally. The information for years up to, and including, 1994–95 is taken from the police grant claim forms. The format of this changed in 1995–96, when police authorities were no longer required to submit detailed expenditure information. The figures for 1995–96 are therefore taken from returns submitted by police forces to Her Majesty's inspectorate of constabulary's matrix of indicators. However that return also changed in 1996–97,since when information on overtime costs has no longer been available. Nor are details of overtime costs included in the Charered Institute of public Finance and Accountancy statistics of actual police expenditure from 1994–95 onwards. The average overtime payment has been calculated bf dividing the total cost of overtime for the force by its recorded police strength as at 31 march in the year in question.

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Total cost 1992–93£ Average per officer£ Total cost 1993–94£ Average per officer£
Avon and Somerset 6,483,805 2,113 3,411,264 1,125
Bedfordshire 2,465,006 2,110 2,005,596 1,742
Cambridgeshire 3,482,000 2,753 2,452,994 1,942
Cheshire 4,442,473 2,328 2,849,688 1,498
City of London 2,173,705 2,635 2,414,334 2,704
Cleveland 1,645,093 1,113 1,860,389 1,302
Cumbria 2,355,384 1,969 1,772,714 1,510
Derbyshire 3,258,958 1,781 2,606,392 1,432
Devon and Cornwall 6,061,765 2,083 4,308,050 1,478
Dorset 1,729,899 1,329 1,496,308 1,154

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Total cost 1992–93£ Average per officer £ Total cost 1993–94£ Average per officer £
Durham 1,670,907 1,210 1,850,700 1,338
Dyfed-Powys 2,142,357 2,215 1,385,499 1,436
Essex 5,628,590 1,917 5,897,104 2,008
Gloucestershire 1,539,963 1,340 1,986,563 1,714
Greater Manchester 24,271,289 3,438 15,174,820 2,178
Gwent 1,553,956 1,548 1,381,970 1,392
Hampshire 7,107,374 2,170 6,577,017 2,011
Hertfordshire 2,324,840 1,368 2,721,585 1,618
Humberside 3,280,068 1,614 3,583,821 1,758
Kent 5,598,524 1,780 6,013,068 1,912
Lancashire 6,967,479 2,173 4,521,393 1,426
Leicestershire 3,875,318 2,147 2,165,623 1,187
Lincolnshire 2,343,488 1,953 2,090,057 1,734
Merseyside 13,660,235 2,926 9,685,750 2,064
Norfolk 3,484,596 2,420 2,926,125 2,022
Northamptonshire 2,804,613 2,339 2,043,539 1,747
Northumbria 10,559,857 2,964 6,289,065 1,748
North Wales 2,351,525 1,729 2,037,388 1,507
North Yorkshire 3,001,970 2,155 2,155,751 1,636
Nottinghamshire 2,582,689 1,110 2,176,532 935
South Wales 5,553,765 1,749 4,840,639 1,546
South Yorkshire 7,415,640 2,446 6,150,043 2,034
Staffordshire 3,716,068 1,705 3,555,875 1,610
Suffolk 2,358,621 1,901 1,937,984 1,604
Surrey 3,244,020 1,916 2,761,499 1,655
Sussex 6,215,486 2,066 4,857,135 1,614
Thames Valley 9,882,241 2,574 9,822,938 2,514
Warwickshire 1,836,204 1,800 1,679,423 1,606
West Mercia 4,261,532 2,075 3,097,475 1,504
West Midlands 11,628,414 1,672 9,948,439 1,418
West Yorkshire 7,933,671 1,575 7,361,286 1,459
Wiltshire 2,387,129 1,887 1,653,739 1,308
Metropolitan 76,857,000 2,900 71,113,000 2,567

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Total cost 1994–95 £ Average per officer £ Total cost 1995–96 £ Average per officer £
Avon and Somerset 2,843,044 948 2,510,903 842
Bedfordshire 1,792,069 1,592 Not available
Cambridgeshire 2,456,325 1,948 2,277,573 1,840
Cheshire 2,243,278 1,161 2,092,792 1,047 City of
City of London 1,646,861 1,861 1,533,612 1,763
Cleveland 1,664,361 1,157 1,502,665 1,058
Cumbria 1,600,386 1,371 1,395,521 1,252
Derbyshire 2,249,611 1,252 Not available
Devon and Cornwall 3,326,400 1,156 2,753,740 950
Dorset 1,728,068 1,342 1,498,850 1,187
Durham 1,661,918 1,228 1,584,453 1,131
Dyfed-Powys 1,295,359 1,327 991,485 1,000
Essex 6,216,366 2,128 4,521,694 1,568
Gloucestershire 1,792,109 1,541 1,536,837 1,356
Greater Manchester 21,327,408 3,031 12,320,615 1,776
Gwent 1,340,540 1,345 1,188,953 1,139
Hampshire 7,057,835 2,168 6,792,300 2,029
Hertfordshire 2,727,741 1,602 2,860,029 1,671
Humberside 3,166,817 1,561 3,195,743 1,566
Kent 5,815,810 1,866 4,752,818 1,523
Lancashire 3,315,921 1,032 4,727,719 1,491
Leicestershire 1,803,140 981 Not available
Lincolnshire 2,352,836 1,962 1,804,428 1,576
Merseyside 8,772,444 1,883 9,308,852 2,110
Norfolk 2,408,259 1,726 2,785,562 1,988
Northamptonshire 2,067,450 1,788 1,940,193 1,683
Northumbria 6,939,486 1,924 4,900,000 1,336
North Wales 2,025,795 1,483 2,323,768 1,686

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Total cost 1994–95 £ Average per officer £ Total cost 1995–96 £ Average per officer £
North Yorkshire 2,042,438 1,571 2,331,828 1,761
Nottinghamshire 2,240,937 966 2,858,904 1,233
South Wales 2,052,738 681 3,121,410 1,031
South Yorkshire 4,370,277 1,438 5,200,856 1,692
Staffordshire 3,098,956 1,389 3,045,884 1,379
Suffolk 1,825,389 1,533 923,590 812
Surrey 3,449,709 2,058 2,397,070 1,458
Sussex 6,020,618 2,054 4,223,529 1,374
Thames Valley 8,395,959 2,179 5,428,446 1,478
Warwickshire 1,466,419 1,448 394,790 403
West Mercia 2,766,917 1,352 1,948,868 966
West Midlands 9,810,619 1,398 9,198,454 1,287
West Yorkshire 6,393,270 1,266 6,722,464 1,307
Wiltshire 1,459,612 1,158 1,168,206 958
Metropolitan 72,537,984 2,640 68,611,322 2,509

1992–93 to 1994–95: police grant claim forms. 1995–96: The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy Estimates.