HL Deb 27 November 2000 vol 619 cc124-6WA
Lord Gladwin of Clee

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How they will allocate the money provided to enhance rural policing for 2001–02. [HL4813]

Lord Bassam of Brighton

Spending Review 2000 made provision for the allocation of £30 million for rural policing in each year of the settlement period. The sums for 2001–02 have been apportioned on the basis of population weighted by a sparsity score. The allocations for 2001–02 are given in the table.

Police Authority £m
Avon & Somerset 992,875
Bedfordshire 163.540
Cambridgeshire 1,125,169
Cheshire 228,487
City of London 0
Cleveland 0
Cumbria 1,370,910
Derbyshire 416,190
Devon & Cornwall 3,114,489
Dorset 442,209
Durham 246,803
Dyfed-Povvys 2,588,337
Essex 503,710
Gloucestershire 776,548
Greater Manchester 0
Gwent 204.476
Hampshire 220.430
Hertfordshire 0
Humberside 710,250
Kent 599,342
Lancashire 64,054
Leicestershire 433,988
Lincolnshire 1,978,690
Mersey side 0
Metropolitan Police 0
Norfolk 2,078,830
Northamptonshire 704,141
Northumbria 0
North Wales 1,533,723
North Yorkshire 2,013,806
Nottinghamshire 0
South Wales 0
South Yorkshire 0
Staffordshire 275,072
Suffolk 1,422,627
Surrey 11,048
Sussex 550,563
Thames Valley 1,262,860

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 2001–0212 CFF Year 2 Allocation 1 (2001–02)3 Cost of Year 2 Recruitment in 2001–022,3 Total
£k £k £k
Avon & Somerset 67 1,691 51 706 2,397
Bedfordshire 28 707 31 424 1,131
Cambridgeshire 37 934 23 296 1,230
Cheshire 47 1,186 50 704 1,890
City of London4 8 253 15 222 475
Cleveland 20 505 27 353 858
Cumbria 25 631 23 296 27
Derbyshire 49 1,237 55 742 1,979
Devon & Cornwall 77 1,943 79 1,125 3,068
Dorset 29 732 26 335 1,067

Police Authority £m
Warwickshire 562,546
West Mercia 2,311,653
West Midlands 0
West Yorkshire 0
Wiltshire 1,092,634
Totals 30,000,000.00