§ Lord Haskelasked Her Majesty's Government:
When they will announce funding allocations to police forces taking up the new police radio service "Airwave" in 2001–2002. [HL4817]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Bassam of Brighton)Earlier this year, my right honourable friend the Home Secretary announced that the Government were making provision of £500 million over three years to meet the costs of a new police radio service known as "Airwave". All police authorities which have signed their service contracts for the new service will benefit from this funding. This will relieve them of a significant burden that would otherwise have had to be met from their policing budgets.
117WAThose forces which feature early in the roll-out programme and whose authorities have signed their service contracts will receive the following allocations in 2001–02. The remaining authorities which have signed their service contracts will receive their allocations in the subsequent two years.
Allocation of Airwave Grant for 2001–02 Year 1 Force £000s Capital £000s Revenue Lancashire Constabulary 4,922 2,557 Greater Manchester Police (GMP) 10,259 5,329 North Yorkshire Police 2,109 1,096 West Mercia Constabulary 3,095 1,608 Gloucestershire Constabulary 1,684 875 Leicestershire Constabulary 2,796 1,453 Suffolk Constabulary 1,886 980 Devon & Cornwall Constabulary 4,755 2,470 Avon & Somerset Constabulary 4,597 2,388 Derbyshire Constabulary 2,789 1,449 Durham Constabulary Contracts Not signed Dorset Police 1,913 994 Humberside Police 3,101 1,611 Northumbria Police 5,771 2,998 Cumbria Constabulary 1,650 676 Wiltshire Constabulary 1,769 724 Cambridgeshire Constabulary 2,052 840 Thames Valley Police 6,138 2,514 Gwent Constabulary 1,885 772 Dyfed-Powys Police 1,408 0 Hertfordshire Constabulary 3,045 0 South Wales Constabulary 4,432 0 Total England & Wales 70,143 30,340 A further £2.226 million (capital) and £1,156 million (revenue) will be available for distribution in 2001–02 to the other police authority listed once it has signed its service contract.
Payment to BT for the core service will be made centrally.