§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out the percentage of revenue budget apportioned to the payment of police pensions for each police authority in England and Wales for 1999–2000. [110903]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe information is set out in the table.
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1999–2000 Local authority Net expenditure (£000) Net pensions expenditure (£000) Percentage of expenditure apportioned to police pensions Avon and Somerset 174,424 28,419 16.29 Bedfordshire 64,027 8,155 12.74 Cambridgeshire 75,363 9,854 13.08 Cheshire 111,094 13,423 12.08 City of London 58,719 8,220 14.00 Cleveland 85,397 14,434 16.90 Cumbria 64,693 9,344 14.44 Derbyshire 107,035 14,789 13.82 Devon and Cornwall 173,649 24,502 14.11 Dorset 77,749 11,144 14.33 Durham 80,712 8,659 10.73
1999–2000 Local authority Net expenditure (£000) Net pensions expenditure (£000) Percentage of expenditure apportioned to police pensions Dyfed Powys 56,143 7,406 13.19 Essex 171,590 19,605 11.43 Gloucestershire 65,933 8,884 13.47 Greater Manchester 387,256 63,349 16.36 Gwent 71,414 7,735 10.83 Hampshire 196,955 21,542 10.94 Hertfordshire 102,361 12,339 12.05 Humberside 114,306 15,379 13.45 Kent 186,225 23,509 12.62 Lancashire 182,679 25,206 13.80 Leicestershire 106,279 12,776 12.02 Lincolnshire 69,970 11,121 15.89 Merseyside 249,522 37,889 15.18 Metropolitan Police 1,840,245 230,449 12.52 Norfolk 86,870 11,211 12.91 North Wales 80,505 11,628 14.44 North Yorkshire 78,085 11,724 15.01 Northamptonshire 70,432 8,226 11.68 Northumbria 213,010 32,500 15.26 Nottinghamshire 130,173 17,414 13.38 South Wales 169,968 23,874 14.05 South Yorkshire 173,933 18,542 10.66 Staffordshire 127,472 21,016 16.49 Suffolk 70,538 9,340 13.24 Surrey 100,375 10,748 10.71 Sussex 165,804 26,105 15.74 Thames Valley Police 232,729 22,691 9.75 Warwickshire 56,157 8,000 14.25 West Mercia 116,490 13,813 11.86 West Midlands 380,971 44,728 11.74 West Yorkshire 288,865 40,770 14.11 Wiltshire 69,715 7,794 11.18 Total 7,485,832 988,256 13.20 Note:
Estimated net expenditure and estimated pension costs taken from CIPFA Estimates for 2999–2000