HC Deb 31 July 1998 vol 317 cc829-30W
Mr. Beith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, pursuant to the Comprehensive Spending Review, he will list the real terms changes in spending on the(a) Prison Service, (b) police and (c) Probation Service, in each of the next three years. [53337]

Mr. Straw

The table shows the real terms year on year increases produced by the allocation of total Home Office provision to the three services. The allocation may be subject to adjustment, particularly in the second and third years.

£million 1998–99 prices
1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02
Prison service 110 11 11
Police2 3 23 107
Probation service2 12 19 21
1 Based on planned spend in 1998–99, which includes an additional £112m above the original baseline
2 The increases shown are based on Total Standard Spending for these services.