§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the average cost per police officer for each police force in England in the last financial year. [124400]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe average estimated net expenditure per police officer for 1999–2000 is set out in the table. The figures include pay and all other revenue expenditure.
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£000 Police force Expenditure per police officer Avon and Somerset 58.08 Bedfordshire 60.29 Cambridgeshire 57.93 Cheshire 54.11 City of London 77.47 Cleveland 61.00 Cumbria 57.20 Derbyshire 60.78 Devon and Cornwall 60.55 Dorset 60.13 Durham 51.67 Essex 58.03 Gloucestershire 57.33 Greater Manchester 56.58 Hampshire 56.42 Hertfordshire 58.06 Humberside 57.04 Kent 57.34 Lancashire 55.92 Leicestershire 53.14 Lincolnshire 61.43 Merseyside 57.39 Metropolitan Police 70.87 Norfolk 62.05 Northamptonshire 61.62 North Yorkshire 58.45 Northumbria 55.63 Nottinghamshire 58.04
£000 Police force Expenditure per police officer South Yorkshire 54.07 Staffordshire 56.50 Suffolk 61.34 Surrey 61.47 Sussex 53.80 Thames Valley 61.98 Warwickshire 60.78 West Mercia 58.27 West Midlands 52.00 West Yorkshire 58.69 Wiltshire 60.46 Note:
Figures derived from net revenue estimates and projected average budgeted strengths for 1999–2000
Source:
The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy Statistics (Estimates) for 1999–2000