§ Mr. PaiceTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the percentage change in funding allocation to each police authority per head of resident population in each police authority between 2001–02 and 2002–03. [21703]
§ Mr. Denham[holding answer 10 December 2001]: The percentage change in provisional grant allocation for 2002–03 compared with 2001–02 to each police authority per head of resident population is given in the table. Grant allocation includes Home Office Police Grant, Revenue Support Grant (from DTLR), National Non Domestic Rates, Crime Fighting Fund allocations and, where applicable, rural policing fund grants. The 2002–03 allocations given here are provisional.
In 2002–03 the costs for National Crime Squad/National Criminal Intelligence Service will be paid directly from the centre rather than by the previous system of levies on police authorities. To provide a realistic comparison of funding for 2002–03 against 2001–02 provision for the NCS and NCIS levy has been deducted from the total allocation for 2001–02.
Resident population is one of a number of indicators used in the calculation of the police funding formula. Details of the indicators and their relative value in determining the allocation for individual forces are set out 250W in The Provisional Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2002–03, a copy of which has been placed in the Library.
Police force Grant funding per head 2001–02 (£) Grant funding per head 2002–03 (£) Percentage change Avon and Somerset 100.55 105.03 4.46 Bedfordshire 101.29 106.24 4.89 Cambridgeshire 93.75 97.33 3.82 Cheshire 99.69 104.23 4.56 City of London n/a n/a n/a Cleveland 141.32 147.03 4.04 Cumbria 114.95 119.21 3.71 Derbyshire 96.27 101.56 5.49 Devon and Cornwall 100.17 105.32 5.14 Dorset 85.83 89.48 4.26 Durham 127.10 131.96 3.83 Dyfed Powys 102.47 107.16 4.57 Essex 92.13 96.54 4.80 GLA all functions 261.31 275.43 5.40 Gloucestershire 98.94 103.29 4.40 Greater Manchester 139.38 145.77 4.58 Gwent 116.74 121.90 4.42 Hampshire 98.50 103.75 5.33 Hertfordshire 92.30 97.04 5.14 Humberside 120.67 124.28 2.99 Kent 107.87 112.09 3.91 Lancashire 116.96 121.86 4.19 Leicestershire 100.51 105.13 4.60 Lincolnshire 92.50 96.21 4.01 Merseyside 162.87 168.27 3.32 Norfolk 96.95 102.25 5.47 North Yorkshire 91.81 95.88 4.44 Northamptonshire 96.02 99.68 3.81 Northumbria 143.05 147.73 3.27 North Wales 106.86 111.02 3.90 Nottinghamshire 114.20 117.92 3.25 South Wales 122.54 128.64 4.98 South Yorkshire 125.13 129.17 3.22 Staffordshire 96.58 100.12 3.67 Suffolk 92.72 96.47 4.05 Surrey 77.04 79.63 3.36 Sussex 96.94 101.43 4.62 Thames Valley 93.91 98.48 4.87 Warwickshire 92.21 95.42 3.48 West Mercia 90.12 93.65 3.92 West Midlands 139.62 144.64 3.59 West Yorkshire 128.84 133.40 3.54 Wiltshire 93.84 97.36 3.75 Note:
1. The Corporation of the City of London have grants calculated as a local authority with wider functions than police. The principal police grant is given in the Provisional Police Grant Report.