§ Mr. ToddTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the capital allocations to police authorities(a) for 1998–99 and (b) for 1997–98 indicating the percentage change between the two years in ranking order of percentage change. [38540]
§ Mr. MichaelThe information available is in the table. The percentage difference between the two years has been calculated on the minor works capital allocations only. These are allocated by formula. The major capital allocations are made to individual building projects and reflect individual building timetables and are not directly comparable.
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A B Percentage difference Police capital 1998/99 (£ million) Police capital 1997/98 (£ million) A over B Major Minor Total Major Minor Total Minor North Wales 1.210 1.033 2.243 0.488 1.076 1.564 -4 North Yorkshire 3.625 1.065 4.690 1.786 1.109 2.895 -4 Nottinghamshire 2.725 1.766 4.491 3.323 1.839 5.162 -4 South Wales 2.350 2.225 4.575 3.642 2.317 5.959 -4 South Yorkshire 1.530 2.309 3.839 3.165 2.404 5.569 -4 Staffordshire 3.985 1.662 5.647 2.920 1.731 4.651 -4 Suffolk 0.000 0.929 0.929 0.000 0.967 0.967 -4 Surrey 0.190 1.842 2.032 2.109 1.918 4.027 -4 Sussex 1.503 2.279 3.782 2.914 2.373 5.287 -4 Thames Valley 1.708 2.973 4.681 3.130 3.096 6.226 -4 Warwickshire 0.011 0.768 0.779 0.500 0.800 1.300 -4 West Mercia 0.173 1.852 2.025 2.530 1.928 4.458 -4 West Midlands 2.300 5.263 7.563 2.810 5.480 8.290 -4 West Yorkshire 0.319 3.974 4.293 1.901 4.138 6.039 -4 Wiltshire 0.582 0.904 1.486 1.081 0.941 2.022 -4 Total 73,295 99,557 172,852 93,002 103,668 196,670 -4