§ Mr. Alan CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how he plans to allocate police grant in 2000–01; and what the final funding allocations for police authorities will be for that year. [107555]
§ Mr. StrawI have today, laid before the House, the Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2000–01 (HC 169). The Report sets out my determination for 2000–01 of the aggregate amount of grants that I propose to pay under section 46(2) of the Police Act 1996, and the amount to be paid to each police authority including the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District.
Funding allocations for each police authority in England for 2000–01 are set out in the table. The table also shows allocations approved by Parliament for 1999–2000. Final funding allocations for police authorities in Wales will be 242W announced shortly when the National Assembly for Wales publishes Standard Spending Assessment determinations for Welsh authorities.
Allocation 1 (£ million) Police Authority 1999–2000 2000–01 English Shire forces Avon and Somerset 168.4 173.7 Bedfordshire 61.4 64.1 Cambridgeshire 74.8 77.2 Cheshire 109.0 111.9 Cleveland 81.7 84.7 Cumbria 60.1 62.2 Derbyshire 102.1 105.4 Devon and Cornwall 174.3 178.9 Dorset 70.1 72.4 Durham 81.3 83.9 Essex4 163.0 174.8 Gloucestershire 62.4 63.5 Hampshire 194.5 202.7 Hertfordshire4 100.0 117.2 Humberside 113.0 116.9 Kent 183.1 191.2 Lancashire 178.2 185.3 Leicestershire 102.3 105.6 Lincolnshire 63.4 65.4 Norfolk 83.4 86.5 North Yorkshire 77.6 79.7 Northamptonshire 65.3 67.7 Nottinghamshire 126.3 130.0 Staffordshire 113.0 116.8 Suffolk 68.6 70.9 Surrey4 91.9 112.8 Sussex 166.4 172.4 Thames Valley 224.6 231.7 Warwickshire 52.2 54.3 West Mercia 113.0 117.2 Wiltshire 64.9 66.7 English Metropolitan forces Greater Manchester 375.7 386.1 Merseyside 236.3 242.3 Northumbria 213.0 218.4 South Yorkshire 171.3 177.2 West Midlands 380.6 392.7 West Yorkshire 286.3 297.1 London forces Metropolitan Police2,4 1,743.9 1,731.2 City of London3 55.4 56.4 English Total 6,852.8 7,045.1 1 Rounded to the nearest £100.000. The Allocation is the sum of: Police Grant Transitional Grant, Police SSA Capital Finance SSA, SSA Reduction Grant and Central Support Protection Grant. 2 Figure for the Metropolitan Police does not include funding allocated to the Receiver under the Environmental. Protective and Cultural Services SSA for school crossing patrols, Magistrates' Courts and the Probation Service. It does include its Special Payment. 3 Figure for the City includes Police SSA, Grant and SSA Reduction Grant, but excludes other SSAs (e.g. Capital Financing) and Central Support Protection Grant. These are allocated to the Common Council of the City of London as a whole in respect of all its functions. 4 These authorities will be effected by the changes to police force boundaries around London on 1 April 2000. To provide comparison, indicative 1999–2000 totals for these authorities as on the new boundaries are Essex: £169.8 million. Hertfordshire: £114.3 million, Surrey: £113.6 million and Metropolitan Police. £1,701.9 million.