§ Lord Gladwin of Cleeasked Her Majesty's Government:
What provision will be made for police recruitment under the Crime Fighting Fund for 2001–02. [HL4812]
§ Lord Bassam of BrightonThe total provision for police forces in 2001–02 for officers recruited under the Crime Fighting Fund (CFF) is likely to be £129 million. This includes funding for the continued employment of officers recruited during 2000–01 as well as funding for new recruits in 2001–02.
The table provides an indicative breakdown of payments between forces, assuming that all forces recruit their full CFF allocation in 2000–01 and that they also recruit their full CFF allocations in 2001–02.
Bids form forces to accelerate or to defer CFF allocations between 2000–01 and 2001–02 are presently under consideration. CFF allocations for 2001–02 are therefore provisional and depend upon forces meeting the continuation criteria set out in the CFF bidding guide. Decisions on acceleration/deferral and on compliance with the continuation criteria may affect the amounts payable to forces in 2001–02.
Payments to forces for individual CFF recruits are made pro rata from the point at which the CFF officers are recruited. Payments due will change to reflect the actual pattern of recruitment if it is different from the even distribution assumed for the purposes of the table.
In addition to payments direct to forces, National Police Training (NPT) will receive funding to train new recruits to provincial forces. The total CFF provision also includes a contingency to cover, for example, costs arising from any new allowances that may be introduced which affect CFF recruits.
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Crime Fighting Fund Provision 2001–02: Indicative Breakdown by Force Forces CFF Year 1 Allocation (2000–01)(1) Continuation Cost of Year 1 Allocation in 2OO1–021,2 CFF Year 2 Allocation 1 (2001–02)3 Cost of Year 2 Recruitment in 2001–022,3 Total £k £k £k Durham 36 908 23 296 1,204 Dyfed-Powys 25 631 38 515 1,145 Essex 70 1,766 62 851 2,618 Gloucestershire 29 732 35 460 1,192 Greater Manchester 186 4,694 201 2,818 7,512 Gwent 31 782 18 275 1,058 Hampshire 82 2,069 77 1,057 3,127 Hertfordshire 40 1,009 30 422 1,432 Humberside 47 1,186 41 565 1,751 Kent 82 2,069 92 1,274 3,343 Lancashire 75 1,893 77 1,057 2,950 Leicestershire 46 1,161 56 758 1,918 Lincolnshire 29 732 18 275 1,007 Merseyside 105 2,650 112 1,555 4,205 Metropolitan4,5 663 20,999 699 17,094 38,093 Norfolk 35 883 47 635 1,518 North Wales 34 858 32 429 1,287 North Yorkshire 20 505 23 296 801 Northamptonshire 32 808 32 429 1,236 Northumbria 85 2,145 87 1,198 3,343 Nottinghamshire 52 1,312 54 729 2,041 South Wales 59 1,489 49 679 2,167 South Yorkshire 67 1,691 61 847 2,538 Staffordshire 49 1,237 51 706 1,943 Suffolk 31 782 21 284 1,066 Surrey 46 1,161 48 655 1,816 Sussex 69 1,741 64 870 2,611 Thames Valley 111 2,801 108 1,500 4,301 Warwickshire 21 530 14 228 758 West Mercia 50 1,262 59 819 2,081 West Midlands 173 4,366 179 2,509 6,875 West Yorkshire 107 2,700 91 1,269 3,970 Wiltshire 26 656 21 284 940 Totals 3,000 80,025 3,000 48,844 128,869 NPT6 16,100 Contingencies7 6,031 Grand Total 151,000 Notes: 1 Assumes that all forces recruit their full CFF allocation in 2000/01. 2 Costs include 3 per cent increase over 2000/01 provision for pay related costs. 3 Assumes that all forces will recruit their full CFF allocations in 2001–02 and that recruitment will be spread evenly over the year. 4 The cost of the increase in London Allowance implemented in 2000 for new recruits to the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and City of London police has been included in the calculations for CCF recruits to the MPS and City (including an element for employers NIC). 5 Training costs of £7,000 per officer for new MPS recruits has been included in the calculation for MPS. 6 NPT training costs of £16.1 million are based on a cost of £7,000 per officer for forces, except the MPS. 7 A contingency is required to cover additional costs that may arise, including possible additional costs for CFF recruits from implementation of an Outer London Allowance.