§ Mr. TyrieTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 2 February 1998,Official Report, column 529, on expenditure on police, by how much his proposals for the overall spending of police authorities for 1998–99 increase the proposed budget under the previous administration's spending plans. [27814]
§ Mr. Michael[holding answer 5 February 1998]: Under plans announced by the previous Administration in the 1997 Annual Report of the Department of the Environment (Cm 3607), police Total Standard Spend (TSS) in England was expected to be £6.576 billion in 1998–99. TSS is the level of revenue spending which the Government consider appropriate for police authorities to spend in aggregate. Comparable figures for Welsh police authorities were not made available.
Following publication of the Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 1998–99 (HC492), which was laid in the House on 2 February, and under the capping proposals for police authorities announced by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions on 2 December and re-stated on 2 February, the overall spending power of police authorities in England in 1998–99 will increase to around £6.788 billion.