§ Ms LawrenceTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what are his proposals for police authority revenue spending in 1999–2000. [62482]
§ Mr. MichaelI propose to make £359.0 million available from total standard spending in Wales to fund police services in 1999–2000. This sum comprises £180.7 million in cash-limited police grant, to be paid by my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary, and £178.3 million in standard spending assessments (SSA). Excluding capital charges, it represents an increase of £8.8 million. The increase including capital charges is £6.0 million.
The sums for each police authority are set out in the following table.
£ million Police authority Police grant SSA Total Dyfed-Powys 25.9 25.6 51.5 Gwent 34.8 34.5 69.3 North Wales 38.0 37.2 75.1 South Wales 82.0 81.1 163.1 Note:
Figures may not add due to rounding
My Department is today writing to each police authority in Wales consulting it on its provisional standard spending assessment for 1999–2000. The figures may alter slightly if the balance of funding between police authorities, which is determined by a joint formula for Wales and England, changes as a result of consultation.
Copies of the consultation letter have been placed in the Library of the House.