§ Lord Haskelasked Her Majesty's Government:
What action will they take in respect of funding police authorities for the execution of warrants during 2000–01. [HL4816]
§ Lord Bassam of BrightonTransfer of responsibility for warrant enforcement, originally planned for 1 October 2000, has been rescheduled for 1 April 2001. My right honourable friend the Home Secretary is arranging for the relevant funding, £4.34 million, to be allocated to police authorities according to police grant/Standard Spending Assessment levels for 2000–01.
The allocations are given in the table:
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Allocation Avon & Somerset £104,455 Bedfordshire £38,645 Cambridgeshire £46,632 Cheshire £67,598
Allocation City of London £32,866 Cleveland £51,020 Cumbria £37,498 Derbyshire £63,384 Devon & Cornwall £108,050 Dorset £43,462 Durham £50,570 Dyfed-Powys £31,998 Essex £104,553 Gloucestershire £38,260 Greater Manchester £233,104 Gwent £42.826 Hampshire £122,464 Hertfordshire £69,195 Humberside £70,466 Kent £115,311 Lancashire £111,832 Leicestershire £63,541 Lincolnshire £39,380 Merseyside £145,987 Metropolitan Police £924,557 Norfolk £52,114 North Wales £46,797 North Yorkshire £47,933 Northamptonshire £40,817 Northumbria £131,131 Nottinghamshire £77,976 South Wales £100,716 South Yorkshire £106,677 Staffordshire £70,242 Suffolk £42,854 Surrey £62,768 Sussex £103,945 Thames Valley £139,461 Warwickshire £32,614 West Mercia £70,324 West Midlands £236,757 West Yorkshire £179,031 Wiltshire £40,189 4,340,000