§ Miss WiddecombeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what was the cost of(a) one new police recruit and (b) one police officer, in (i) the Metropolitan Police and (ii) other forces in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement; [133282]
(2) if he will break down the way in which the extra funding under the Comprehensive Spending Review for the police force will be allocated between police (a) pensions, (b) pay rises and (c) recruitment; and if he will make a statement. [133283]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeIn the time available it has not been possible to complete the answers to these questions. I shall write to the right hon. Member and place a copy of my reply in the Library.
§ Miss WiddecombeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the number of police officers who will be serving in 2003–04: and if he will make a statement. [133285]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeNo reliable estimates can be made at this stage of the number of police officers who will be serving in 2003–04 as we do not have force projections for recruitment and wastage in that year.
The projections we have for future years were set out in my reply to the hon. Member for North Shropshire, (Mr. Paterson) on 24 July 2000, Official Report, columns 756–57W.
§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what his estimate is of planned expenditure on the police in(a) 2000–01, (b) 2001–02, (c) 2002–03 and (d) 2003–04; [133404]
1159W(2) what his estimate is of planned capital expenditure on the police in (a) 2000–01, (b) 2001–02, (c) 2002–03 and (d) 2003–04; [133395]
(3) what his estimate is of the total of his Department's (a) revenue and (b) capital grants to local authorities in respect of the police for (a) 2000–01, (b) 2001–02,(c) 2002–03 and (d) 2003–04; [133396]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkePlanned police expenditure, and its capital component, for the period 2000–01 to 2003–04, is given in the table:
£ million Year Total planned police expenditure Capital expenditure 2000–01 7,718 198 2001–02 8,495 309 2002–03 9,010 401 2003–04 9,293 343 For the current financial year, police revenue grant to police authorities of £3,823 million is matched by police standard spending assessment (SSA) provision of £3,533 million. These sums exclude police special grant and the funds being provided to police forces under the crime fighting fund and for DNA. For police service capital expenditure, police capital grant of £91 million will be paid to police forces, accompanied by Supplementary credit approvals of £53 million.
Final figures showing the expenditure totals for 2001–02 to 2003–04 in terms of police grant, police SSA and police service capital funding will be announced at the time of the local government settlement in the autumn. However, the Spending Review 2000 White Paper did show police SSA figures for England for each of the next three financial years. These plans would deliver provisional police SSA figures (for England and Wales) for the years 2001–02 to 2003–04 of £3,842 million, £4,040 million and £4,204 million respectively although actual SSA provision may be adjusted to take account of expenditure on behalf of forces to be incurred centrally.