HL Deb 29 November 2000 vol 619 cc152-3WA
Baroness Gould of Potternewton

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Who they will appoint to succeed Sir Trefor Morris as Chairman of the Police Information Technology Organisation. [HL4838]

Lord Bassam of Brighton

My right honourable friend the Home Secretary today appointed Lieutenant-General Sir Edmund Burton to succeed Sir Trefor Morris as Chairman of the Police Information Technology Organisation (PITO). Sir Edmund will take up the appointment on 1 January next year.

My right honourable friend the Home Secretary would like to pay tribute to Sir Trefor Morris for his contribution over the past three years, during which the organisation has assumed an increasingly important role in delivering police technology. He is very pleased that we have found someone of Sir Edmund Burton's calibre to take over from him, and to lead the organisation at a time when we are investing unprecedented amounts of money in new IT and communications projects to improve the efficiency and operational effectiveness of the police.

Police Authority costs as a proportion of net expenditure
Force 1995–96 % 1996–97 % 1997–98 % 1998–99 % 1999–2000 %
Avon and Somerset n/a n/a 0.3 0.3 0.3
Bedfordshire 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5
Cambridgeshire n/a 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3
Cheshire 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5
City of London 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0
Cleveland 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5
Cumbria n/a 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3
Derbyshire 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Devon and Cornwall 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1
Dorset 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
Durham 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5
Dyfed-Powys 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2
Essex n/a 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3
Gloucestershire 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2
Greater Manchester 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Gwent 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Hampshire 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2
Herefordshire 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5
Humberside 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2
Kent 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Lancashire 0.2 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.3
Leicestershire 0.2 n/a 0.2 0.3 0.2
Lincolnshire 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.7
Merseyside 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5
Metropolitan Police 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Norfolk 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3
Northamptonshire 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6
Northumbria n/a n/a 0.8 n/a 0.0
North Wales 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
North Yorkshire 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5
Nottinghamshire 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.3
South Wales 0.2 n/a 0.3 0.2 0.2
South Yorkshire 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.2 0.9
Staffordshire n/a 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1
Suffolk 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.1
Surrey 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Sussex 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5
Thames Valley 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6
Warwickshire 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4
West Mercia 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
West Midlands 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2
West Yorkshire 0.3 0.3 0.9 0.3 0.3
Wiltshire 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5
Total 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

Notes:

Source: The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy.

Police Statistics 1995–96 to 1999–2000 Actuals.

Figures arc rounded to one decimal point.

n/a—Not available.