Police Stations (Hansard, 23 March 1999)

§ Mr. Beith
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police stations there were in the Metropolitan Police force area in(a) 1980 and (b) each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. [77289]

§ Kate Hoey
The Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District (MPD) tells me that there were 164 police stations in the MPD in 1980.
There are 152 police stations and 38 police offices currently. In 1998, the numbers were the same. In 1997, there were 157 police stations and 39 police offices.

§ Mr. Vaz
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many new police stations were built or are planned to be built in England in 1999. [77349]

§ Mr. Boateng
The information requested is not collected centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The police estate, in England and Wales, consists of some 7,000 properties and includes around 2,000 police stations. Police authorities have local discretion to build police stations within the resources available to them.
The Audit Commission Report "Action Stations—Improving the management of the Police Estate", published on 17 March, found that better estate management will deliver more effective policing, save money and better serve the public.

Table 1: Police pensions and total expenditure 1994–95 to 1998–99

1994–95 Net total expenditure £000 1994–95 Net pensions costs £000 1994–95 Net pensions as percentage of total expenditure 1994–95 Percentage real terms increase in total expenditure, excluding pensions, over 1993–94

Avon and Somerset 141,283 16,969 12.0 3.67

Bedfordshire 51,514 4,252 8.3 1.57

Cambridgeshire 58,650 5,407 9.2 0.06

Cheshire 82,804 7,528 9.1 2.30

City of London 52,365 4,971 9.5 -0.05

Cleveland 69,007 7,978 11.6 4.36

Cumbria 54,281 5,702 10.5 2.99

Derbyshire 84,362 7,753 9.2 5.05

Devon and Cornwall 140,830 13,930 9.9 1.27

Dorset 66,285 5,972 9.0 9.23

Durham 59,237 6,905 11.7 2.81

Dyfed Powys 45,595 5,148 11.3 6.72

Essex not available not available — —

Gloucestershire 55,180 4,805 8.7 5.80

Greater Manchester 320,931 35,158 11.0 3.16

Gwent 44,148 4,739 10.7 1.53

Hampshire 155,257 13,610 8.8 3.40

Hertfordshire 84,435 5,850 6.9 12.31

Humberside 92,365 9,189 9.9 2.12

Kent 153,757 12,510 8.1 6.91

Lancashire 145,181 16,771 11.6 1.73

Leicestershire 81,166 10,129 12.5 0.50

Lincolnshire not available not available — —

Merseyside 215,461 26,041 12.1 1.60

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Table 1: Police pensions and total expenditure 1994–95 to 1998–99
	1994–95 Net total expenditure £000	1994–95 Net pensions costs £000	1994–95 Net pensions as percentage of total expenditure	1994–95 Percentage real terms increase in total expenditure, excluding pensions, over 1993–94
Avon and Somerset	141,283	16,969	12.0	3.67
Bedfordshire	51,514	4,252	8.3	1.57
Cambridgeshire	58,650	5,407	9.2	0.06
Cheshire	82,804	7,528	9.1	2.30
City of London	52,365	4,971	9.5	-0.05
Cleveland	69,007	7,978	11.6	4.36
Cumbria	54,281	5,702	10.5	2.99
Derbyshire	84,362	7,753	9.2	5.05
Devon and Cornwall	140,830	13,930	9.9	1.27
Dorset	66,285	5,972	9.0	9.23
Durham	59,237	6,905	11.7	2.81
Dyfed Powys	45,595	5,148	11.3	6.72
Essex	not available	not available	—	—
Gloucestershire	55,180	4,805	8.7	5.80
Greater Manchester	320,931	35,158	11.0	3.16
Gwent	44,148	4,739	10.7	1.53
Hampshire	155,257	13,610	8.8	3.40
Hertfordshire	84,435	5,850	6.9	12.31
Humberside	92,365	9,189	9.9	2.12
Kent	153,757	12,510	8.1	6.91
Lancashire	145,181	16,771	11.6	1.73
Leicestershire	81,166	10,129	12.5	0.50
Lincolnshire	not available	not available	—	—
Merseyside	215,461	26,041	12.1	1.60