HC Deb 31 October 2000 vol 355 cc435-6W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total cost to public funds of police overtime payments in(a) 1997–98, (b) 1998–99 and (c) 1999–2000. [134450]

Mr. Charles Clarke

The information available is set out in the table.

Police overtime
£000
1997–98 1998–99 1999–20001
Police officer 2— 208,740 249,720
Support staff 2— 38,511 32,364
Total 2— 247,251 282,084
1Provisional
2Not available

Source:

The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy Police statistics