HC Deb 13 April 1999 vol 329 cc7-8W
Mr. Beith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 22 February 1999,Official Report, column 105, if he will list those police forces where contingency reserves are lower than the level recommended by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy; and if he will make a statement. [79425]

Mr. Boateng

A list of forces with unallocated reserves or balances below the 2.0 per cent. minimum level recommended by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) is set out as listed. Published figures on police authority reserves relate to a specific point in time and may not give any indication about future commitments. The list reflects the position as at 31 March 1998. The CIPFA advice to police authorities on reserves and balances was issued in December 1998.

Police Forces with general balances below 2.0 per cent. of net revenue expenditure at 31 March 1998:

Avon and Somerset

City of London

Cumbria

Dorset

Dyfed-Powys

Essex

Humberside

Lincolnshire

Metropolitan Police

Northumbria

West Midlands

West Yorkshire

Source:

CIPFA.

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