§ Mr. BeithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total expenditure on each allowance available to police officers, per police force and in total, in each of the last three years for which figures are available. [82456]
§ Mr. BoatengThe total expenditure on all allowances, per police force, for 1994–95 to 1996–97, is set out in the table. No analysis of individual allowances is made. Information for subsequent years is not available.
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Police expenditure on allowances £000 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 Avon and Somerset 10,224 8,315 7,869 Bedfordshire 3,803 3,682 3,575 Cambridgeshire 3,739 4,323 3,489 Cheshire 6,763 6,493 6,647 City of London 5,748 5,586 3,654 Cleveland 4,910 4,696 205 Cumbria 3,095 3,077 2,863 Derbyshire 8,689 8,438 8,164 Devon and Cornwall 12,473 12,257 11,175 Dorset 4,250 4,201 4,245 Durham 3,770 3,687 3,664 Dyfed Powys 2,413 2,281 2,277 Essex not available not available 12,225 Gloucestershire 4,275 4,211 4,037 Greater Manchester 22,078 20,722 19,730 Gwent 3,930 3,930 4,254 Hampshire 13,867 13,613 13,086 Hertfordshire 6,155 6,042 5,624 Humberside 7,957 7,833 7,408 Kent 12,670 12,353 11,805 Lancashire 8,308 8,010 7,656 Leicestershire 6,329 6,088 5,848 Lincolnshire not available 4,170 3,752 Merseyside 15,791 15,107 14,026 Metropolitan Police 150,836 150,178 142,967 Norfolk 6,096 6,008 5,234 North Wales 3,893 3,716 3,909 North Yorkshire 3,825 3,688 3,683 Northamptonshire 4,616 4,236 4,221 Northumbria 9,367 8,771 8,128 Nottinghamshire 7,824 7,518 7,107 South Wales 12,915 13,016 10,698 South Yorkshire 9,741 9,677 9,207
Police expenditure on allowances £000 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 Staffordshire 7,473 7,399 7,385 Suffolk 5,118 5,004 4,733 Surrey 5,359 6,061 5,064 Sussex 9,241 9,053 9,049 Thames Valley Police 15,807 15,367 15,029 Warwickshire 4,554 4,550 4,591 West Mercia 7,691 7,531 7,283 West Midlands 25,897 24,747 23,515 West Yorkshire 17,481 17,003 16,631 Wiltshire 5,051 5,028 5,043 Total 484,022 477,666 460,755