HC Deb 28 July 2000 vol 354 cc1164-5W
Mr. Hammond

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list all police operations since May 1997 for which the forces mounting the operation have sought reimbursement from his Department, indicating(a) the cost of the operations, (b) the percentage of the relevant force budget represented by that cost and (c) whether or not reimbursement was made. [133185]

Mr. Charles Clarke

[holding answer 27 July 2000]: The details of special payment applications and awards since May 1997 are given in the table.

Special payment applications and awards since May 1997: cases handled to date
Year/ Force Operation Cost (£ million) Grant made (£ million) Cost as percentage of force budget
1997
Lancashire Party conference 750,000 750,000 0.4
Sussex Party conference 750,000 750,000 0.5
1998
West Midlands G8 Summit 1.354 11.354 20.3
Staffordshire G8 Summit (combined exercise)
South Wales EU Summit 2.986 2.986 1.8
Lancashire Party conference 900,000 900,000 0.5
Dorset Party conference 750,000 750,000 1.0
1999 March
Surrey Señor Pinochet 0.2 0.2 0.2
Dorset Party conference 1.6 1.6 2.1
Lancashire Party conference 0.9 0.9 0.5
Devon and Cornwall Eclipse of the Sun 1.1 0.505 0.6
Gloucestershire RAF Fairford demos. Against Kosovo operations and Royal International Air Tattoo 0.13 3— 0.2
Kent Illegal immigration 1.9 0.67 1.0
Metropolitan police Protecting individuals named in appendix to MacPherson Report 0.187 3— 0.0
Staffordshire Birmingham Northern Relief Road (over five years) 1.8 0.36 1.4
Warwickshire 0.9 0.15 1.6
Thames Valley Newbury by-pass and Hillgrove Farm cattery. (Re-opening of request refused in 1996) 5.1 3— 2.2
South Yorkshire Contribution to compensation for Hillsborough victims 1.0 1.0 0.6
2000
Essex Stansted hijack 2.0 2.0 1.2
Norfolk Travellers at Great Yarmouth, Christmas, New Year 1999–2000 0.4 3— 0.5
Nottinghamshire Bagthorpe paedophile unit 0.05 3— 0.0
Surrey Señor Pinochet (balance) 0.55 3— 0.6
Sussex Party conference 1.6 1.6 0.9
Dorset Party conference 0.9 0.9 1.1
1 Shared
2 Joint
3 No special payment approved