HC Deb 24 June 1998 vol 314 cc509-10W
Mr. Pike

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what reports his Department has received from police forces in England regarding police charges

Grants to police authorities 1998–99
Police revenue grant Home Office1 Police capital grant Home Office Other grants Home Office, DETR, Welsh Office2 Total
Avon and Somerset 83,927,594 1,566,000 27,278,834 112,772,428
Bedfordshire 31,236,004 771,000 9,994,769 42,001,773
Cambridgeshire 36,984,853 489,000 10,002,899 47,476,752
Cheshire 53,821,066 772,000 15,277,729 69,870,795
City of London3 26,477,399 327,000 177,990 26,982,389
Cleveland 41,170,866 575,000 21,209,685 62,955,551
Cumbria 30,260,401 902,000 11,380,660 42,543,061
Derbyshire 50,025,805 2,626,000 14,446,156 67,097,961
Devon and Cornwall 86,035,239 2,757,000 25,066,602 113,858,841
Dorset 34,746,553 2,590,000 7,067,204 44,403,757
Durham 40,023,104 1,177,000 17,830,699 59,030,803
Dyfed Powys 26,041,183 446,000 4,624,850 31,112,033
Essex 81,230,190 1,237,000 20,869,674 103,336,864
Gloucestershire 31,508,615 520,000 9,513,646 41,542,261
Greater Manchester 186,857,552 2,777,000 92,332,074 281,966,626
Gwent 34,264,750 505,000 10,655,542 45,425,292
Hampshire 97,238,361 1,864,000 27,452,615 126,554,976
Hertfordshire 48,351,349 1,266,000 12,093,894 61,711,243
Humberside 56,629,333 2,279,000 23,956,850 82,865,183
Kent 91,742,017 2,263,000 29,423,872 123,428,889
Lancashire 89,725,382 1,248,000 36,752,787 127,726,169
Leicestershire 50,703,781 760,000 16,842,869 68,306,650
Lincolnshire 30,484,260 591,000 8,717,227 39,792,487
Merseyside 119,155,917 2,311,000 66,838,552 188,305,469
Metropolitan Police 931,430,758 21,892,000 500,538,080 1,453,860,838
Norfolk 41,511,521 2,096,000 11,595,311 55,202,832
North Wales 37,433,926 1,144,000 7,921,811 46,499,737
North Yorkshire 38,763,861 2,392,000 9,754,998 50,910,859
Northamptonshire 32,265,805 882,000 9,604,730 42,752,535
Northumbria 104,638,004 5,154,000 53,549,389 163,341,393
Nottinghamshire 62,798,626 2,290,000 25,636,418 90,725,044
South Wales 81,831,031 2,333,000 31,177,721 115,341,752
South Yorkshire 84,510,546 1,958,000 39,017,083 125,485,629
Staffordshire 56,923,712 3,008,000 18,028,138 77,959,850
Suffolk 33,943,496 474,000 8,331,409 42,748,905
Surrey 40,650,166 1,036,000 11,857,143 53,543,309
Sussex 83,399,383 1,929,000 22,638,081 107,966,464
Thames Valley Police 112,357,211 2,627,000 29,219,795 144,204,006
Warwickshire 26,196,092 397,000 6,800,324 33,393,416
West Mercia 56,204,353 1,161,000 12,986,799 70,352,152
West Midlands 190,264,486 3,857,000 94,475,766 288,597,252

for Premier League and Football League matches for police off the ground in reserve; and if he will make a statement. [46729]

Mr. Michael

I have received some correspondence from Lancashire Constabulary about the current discussions between the force and Burnley Football Club over charging for policing football matches. I have asked the Chief Constable of Lancashire to keep me informed of developments.

It is for chief officers of police to decide when to charge for providing a police service but, under Home Office guidelines, no charge should normally be levied for officers deployed on the public highway outside football grounds.

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