Public Safety Radio Communications Project

HC Deb 05 July 2000 vol 353 cc229-31W

Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the total planned cost is of the Public Safety Radio Communications project in each

Estimated PSRCS menu charges, based on same roll-out profile as core charges
£000
Force	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11
Avon and Somerset Constabulary	14	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84
Bedfordshire Police	0	26	105	105	105	105	105	105	105	105
Cambridgeshire Constabulary	0	158	210	210	210	210	210	210	210	210
Cheshire Constabulary	0	0	128	384	384	384	384	384	384	384
City of London Police	0	33	132	132	132	132	132	132	132	132
Cleveland Constabulary	0	0	193	256	257	257	257	257	257	257
Cumbria Constabulary	0	202	242	242	242	242	242	242	242	242
Derbyshire Constabulary	25	297	297	297	297	297	297	297	297	297
Devon and Cornwall Constabulary	382	916	916	916	916	916	916	916	916	916
Dorset Police	0	173	160	160	160	160	160	160	160	160
Durham Constabulary	14	168	671	671	671	671	671	671	671	671
Dyfed-Powys Police	0	13	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Essex Police	0	0	1,357	1,357	1,357	1,357	1,357	1,357	1,357	1,357
Gloucestershire Constabulary	117	233	233	233	233	233	233	233	233	233
Greater Manchester Police (GMP)	599	599	599	599	599	599	599	599	599	599
Gwent Constabulary	0	89	134	134	134	134	134	134	134	134
Hampshire Constabulary	0	0	721	1,442	1,442	1,442	1,442	1,442	1,442	1,442
Hertfordshire Constabulary	0	240	412	412	412	412	412	412	412	412
Humberside Police	0	234	216	216	216	216	216	216	216	216
Kent County Constabulary	0	0	0	1,217	1,460	1,460	1,460	1,460	1,460	1,460
Lancashire Constabulary	755	755	755	755	755	755	755	755	755	755
Leicestershire Constabulary	173	346	346	346	346	346	346	346	346	346
Lincolnshire Police	0	0	155	206	206	206	206	206	206	206
Merseyside Police	0	0	192	329	329	329	329	329	329	329
Metropolitan Police Service	0	797	3,188	3,188	3,188	3,188	3,188	3,188	3,188	3,188
Norfolk Constabulary	0	0	0	227	248	248	248	248	248	248
North Wales Police	0	40	238	238	238	238	238	238	238	238
North Yorkshire Police	738	886	886	886	886	886	886	886	886	886
Northamptonshire Police	0	0	214	1,281	1,281	1,281	1,281	1,281	1,281	1,281
Northumbria Police	0	688	635	635	635	635	635	635	635	635
Nottinghamshire Constabulary	0	0	134	178	178	178	178	178	178	178
South Wales Constabulary	0	342	684	684	684	684	684	684	684	684
South Yorkshire Police	0	0	128	256	256	256	256	256	256	256
Staffordshire Police	0	0	0	601	801	801	801	801	801	801
Suffolk Constabulary	725	1,450	1,450	1,450	1,450	1,450	1,450	1,450	1,450	1,450
Surrey Police	0	0	167	334	334	334	334	334	334	334
Sussex Police	0	98	1,180	1,180	1,180	1,180	1,180	1,180	1,180	1,180
Thames Valley Police	0	977	1,303	1,303	1,303	1,303	1,303	1,303	1,303	1,303
Warwickshire Constabulary	0	0	54	650	650	650	650	650	650	650
West Mercia Constabulary	223	268	268	268	268	268	268	268	268	268

year; what his estimate is of the costs which will have to be met directly by police forces, per force and in total, in each of the next 10 years; what proportion of the total cost is to be met by additional central Government funding; and if he will make a statement. [128535]

Mr. Charles Clarke

I refer the hon. Member to the replies I gave to the hon. Member for Vale of York (Miss McIntosh) on 26 June 2000,Official Report, column 655, and to the hon. Member for Ryedale (Mr. Greenway) on 17 January 2000, Official Report, columns 301–02W.

The tables show the Public Safety Radio Communications Service (PSRCS) core costs as contained in the PSRCS contract, and the anticipated distribution of estimated menu costs over the 10-year period. Forces will additionally need to purchase control room and radio terminal equipment. Based upon our present understanding of the police service's overall requirement, we estimate the initial purchase and subsequent replacement costs for terminals to be around £300 million in net present cost terms over the whole PSRCS contract life. We cannot at present assign these costs to individual forces.

The future costs of the project will be taken into account during our discussions with the Treasury on spending for the next three years, the results of which are expected to be announced in the summer.

Estimated PSRCS menu charges, based on same roll-out profile as core charges
£000
Force	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11
West Midlands Police	0	890	2,670	2,670	2,670	2,670	2,670	2,670	2,670	2,670
West Yorkshire Police	0	0	1,914	2,297	2,297	2,297	2,297	2,297	2,297	2,297
Wiltshire Constabulary	0	113	135	135	135	135	135	135	135	135
Total estimate for England and Wales	3,765	10,225	21,748	29,186	29,652	29,652	29,652	29,652	29,652	29,652

PSRCS core charges as agreed in contract, signed 29 February 2000
£000
Force	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11
Avon and Somerset Constabulary	476	2,857	2,857	2,857	2,857	2,857	2,857	2,857	2,857	2,857
Bedfordshire Police	0	267	1,063	1,063	1,063	1,063	1,063	1,063	1,063	1,063
Cambridgeshire Constabulary	0	945	1,258	1,258	1,258	1,258	1,258	1,258	1,258	1,258
Cheshire Constabulary	0	0	612	1,831	1,831	1,831	1,831	1,831	1,831	1,831
City of London Police	0	249	1,001	1,001	1,001	1,001	1,001	1,001	1,001	1,001
Cleveland Constabulary	0	0	1,053	1,405	1,405	1,405	1,405	1,405	1,405	1,405
Cumbria Constabulary	0	860	1,031	1,031	1,031	1,031	1,031	1,031	1,031	1,031
Derbyshire Constabulary	142	1,702	1,702	1,702	1,702	1,702	1,702	1,702	1,702	1,702
Devon and Cornwall Constabulary	1,220	2,927	2,927	2,927	2,927	2,927	2,927	2,927	2,927	2,927
Dorset Police	0	1,279	1,181	1,181	1,181	1,181	1,181	1,181	1,181	1,181
Durham Constabulary	114	1,364	1,364	1,364	1,364	1,364	1,364	1,364	1,364	1,364
Dyfed-Powys Police	0	518	886	886	886	886	886	886	886	886
Essex Police	0	0	2,763	2,763	2,763	2,763	2,763	2,763	2,763	2,763
Gloucestershire Constabulary	534	1,073	1,073	1,073	1,073	1,073	1,073	1,073	1,073	1,073
Greater Manchester Police (GMP)	6,373	6,373	6,373	6,373	6,373	6,373	6,373	6,373	6,373	6,373
Gwent Constabulary	0	776	1,167	1,167	1,167	1,167	1,167	1,167	1,167	1,167
Hampshire Constabulary	0	0	1,656	3,308	3,308	3,308	3,308	3,308	3,308	3,308
Hertfordshire Constabulary	0	959	1,644	1,644	1,644	1,644	1,644	1,644	1,644	1,644
Humberside Police	0	2,091	1,930	1,930	1,930	1,930	1,930	1,930	1,930	1,930
Kent County Constabulary	0	0	0	2,600	3,123	3,123	3,123	3,123	3,123	3,123
Lancashire Constabulary	3,057	3,057	3,057	3,057	3,057	3,057	3,057	3,057	3,057	3,057
Leicestershire Constabulary	864	1,725	1,725	1,725	1,725	1,725	1,725	1,725	1,725	1,725
Lincolnshire Police	0	0	792	1,058	1,058	1,058	1,058	1,058	1,058	1,058
Merseyside Police	0	0	2,373	4,069	4,069	4,069	4,069	4,069	4,069	4,069
Metropolitan Police Service	0	7,464	29,857	29,857	29,857	29,857	29,857	29,857	29,857	29,857
Norfolk Constabulary	0	0	0	1,298	1,412	1,412	1,412	1,412	1,412	1,412
North Wales Police	0	212	1,274	1,274	1,274	1,274	1,274	1,274	1,274	1,274
North Yorkshire Police	1,100	1,318	1,318	1,318	1,318	1,318	1,318	1,318	1,318	1,318
Northamptonshire Police	0	0	182	1,098	1,098	1,098	1,098	1,098	1,098	1,098
Northumbria Police	0	3,866	3,569	3,569	3,569	3,569	3,569	3,569	3,569	3,569
Nottinghamshire Constabulary	0	0	1,602	2,139	2,139	2,139	2,139	2,139	2,139	2,139
South Wales Constabulary	0	1,392	2,789	2,789	2,789	2,789	2,789	2,789	2,789	2,789
South Yorkshire Police	0	0	1,440	2,880	2,880	2,880	2,880	2,880	2,880	2,880
Staffordshire Police	0	0	0	1,449	1,937	1,937	1,937	1,937	1,937	1,937
Suffolk Constabulary	576	1,154	1,154	1,154	1,154	1,154	1,154	1,154	1,154	1,154
Surrey Police	0	0	732	1,465	1,465	1,465	1,465	1,465	1,465	1,465
Sussex Police	0	236	2,838	2,838	2,838	2,838	2,838	2,838	2,838	2,838
Thames Valley Police	0	2,862	3,820	3,820	3,820	3,820	3,820	3,820	3,820	3,820
Warwickshire Constabulary	0	0	74	891	891	891	891	891	891	891
West Mercia Constabulary	1,590	1,911	1,911	1,911	1,911	1,911	1,911	1,911	1,911	1,911
West Midlands Police	0	0	2,164	6,489	6,489	6,489	6,489	6,489	6,489	6,489
West Yorkshire Police	0	0	4,060	4,873	4,873	4,873	4,873	4,873	4,873	4,873
Wiltshire Constabulary	0	920	1,105	1,105	1,105	1,105	1,105	1,105	1,105	1,105
Sub total	16,046	50,357	101,377	121,490	122,615	122,615	122,615	122,615	122,615	122,615
Plus 3 per cent. adjustment for PNC gateway access, TUPE and change in apportionment of total cost between England, Wales and Scotland	16,527	51,868	104,418	125,135	126,293	126,293	126,293	126,293	126,293	126,293
Plus menu charges shown in separate table	3,765	10,225	21,748	29,188	29,652	29,652	29,652	29,652	29,652	29,652
Total core and menu costs	20,292	62,093	126,166	154,322	155,945	155,945	155,945	155,945	155,945	155,945