§ Mr. BeithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the (i) percentage, and (ii) amount, of Home Office expenditure on(a) prisons, (b) policing, (c) probation, (d) fire services, (e) direct crime prevention initiatives, (f) immigration measures, (g) asylum measures, (h) victim support and (i) other matters in each of the next two years. [32582]
§ Mr. StrawI regret that I am not yet able to provide the information requested for 1998–99. This is because I cannot anticipate the presentation of the Home Office Departmental Report and the main Supply Estimates to Parliament. This will happen shortly after the Budget. I will then write to the right hon. Member with the information which he requests about the percentage of Home Office expenditure in 1998–99 allocated to the areas he has identified.
There is no information yet available about expenditure in 1999–2000. This is because decisions about the allocation of expenditure after 1998–99 will be made after the completion of the Comprehensive Spending Review.