§ Mr. CashTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the levels of spending on fire services were per head of population in(a) Staffordshire and (b) each other county of England (i) in the current year and (ii) in each of the last three years, distinguishing in each case the element represented by standard spending assessment. [148291]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienInformation on net current expenditure per head of population in England, based on returns to the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, is shown in the table.
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Fire service: net current expenditure per head 1997–98 to 2000–01 £per head of population Fire authority 1997–98 Outturn 1998–99 Outturn 1999–2000 Outturn 2000–01 Budget-based Derbyshire 21.21 23.78 24.34 25.61 Devon 26.05 26.88 28.84 30.13 Dorset 21.87 24.07 25.10 26.19 Durham and Darlington 26.96 27.44 28.76 30.58 East Sussex 26.77 26.84 29.81 30.46 Essex 25.60 26.45 27.87 28.93 Gloucestershire 21.41 21.97 22.71 24.17 Greater Manchester 29.92 30.87 31.56 33.01 Hampshire 20.45 21.85 23.85 24.67 Hereford and Worcester 22.20 23.60 24.75 26.07 Hertfordshire 23.67 23.65 25.33 26.82 Humberside 30.11 31.40 32.54 34.28 Isle of Wight 34.00 38.69 38.69 40.68 Isles of Scilly 91.88 74.61 74.30 84.37 Kent and Medway Towns 25.45 26.92 28.46 29.27 Lancashire 27.19 28.69 30.24 31.36 Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland 18.68 20.66 21.22 22.37 Lincolnshire 19.49 20.58 22.22 22.37 London 37.22 38.26 38.48 40.78 Merseyside 36.61 38.85 40.89 42.11 Norfolk 19.66 20.49 23.46 26.06 North Yorkshire 23.17 23.50 25.59 25.13 Northamptonshire 18.87 19.89 21.69 22.03 Northumberland 30.79 32.51 37.34 37.02 Nottinghamshire and City of Nottingham 23.54 25.01 26.43 26.62 Oxfordshire 19.65 21.30 22.96 22.80 Shropshire and Wrekin 25.23 26.42 28.92 29.25 Somerset 21.37 22.69 25.15 26.36 South Yorkshire 25.28 27.41 29.32 30.99 Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire 21.49 22.52 23.39 24.37 Suffolk 20.39 21.81 22.27 24.22 Surrey 26.45 28.50 28.77 29.47 Tyne and Wear 33.59 37.29 37.12 39.58 Warwickshire 27.92 27.28 28.78 30.84 West Midlands 27.92 29.53 30.77 32.16 West Sussex 25.37 26.35 28.27 29.45 West Yorkshire 27.16 28.39 29.89 30.29 Wiltshire and Swindon 19.85 20.62 22.09 24.28 The figures are not directly comparable with standard spending assessments (SSA). Details of SSAs per head of population are available in the House of Commons Library in the "SSA Handbook" and, since 1998–99, in "Standard Spending Assessments Authority by Authority". This information is also available on the internet at: http://www.local.detr.gov.uk/finance/ssa/ handbook/0001/hand0001.htm. Information on the 2001–02 settlement will be available in due course.