§ Mr. CashTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the levels of spending on police services in(a) Staffordshire and (b) each other county of England (i) in the current year and (ii) in each of the last three years. [148296]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe information is set out in the table.
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Police force net expenditure in England 1997–98 to 2000–01 £000 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Avon and Somerset 152,673 162,726 174,336 181,210 Bedfordshire 58,570 61,778 63,611 66,426 Cambridgeshire 68,681 73,432 75,052 79,244 Cheshire 104,005 107,098 113,280 114,576 City of London 57,893 60,350 57,852 58,947 Cleveland 75,426 81,295 85,256 85,600 Cumbria 61,709 62,532 64,786 67,400 Derbyshire 95,641 100,064 105,590 110,819 Devon and Cornwall 155,435 166,330 175,055 182,873 Dorset 69,727 73,117 76,957 80,996 Durham 75,166 74,673 79,662 85,775 Essex 157,487 156,822 167,969 184,485 Gloucestershire 58,633 62,862 65,755 68,695 Greater Manchester 353,319 354,171 374,804 400,004 Hampshire 180,791 186,661 197,483 202,527 Hertfordshire 93,011 95,068 104,448 120,945 Humberside 106,220 112,571 113,944 119,900 Kent 174,211 175,577 186,261 193,127 Lancashire 169,275 177,310 182,004 190,181 Leicestershire 98,789 102,790 107,262 110,150 Lincolnshire 66,184 66,664 69,378 75,725 Merseyside 224,327 240,267 248,414 257,114 Metropolitan 1,676,617 1,716,425 1,838,888 1,837,571 Norfolk 80,222 80,543 87,182 91,514 Northamptonshire 64,605 67,057 69,148 73,076
Police force net expenditure in England 1997–98 to 2000–01 £000 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Northumbria 195,092 205,270 212,704 218,387 North Yorkshire 71,840 75,344 78,178 83,750 Nottinghamshire 120,556 127,018 129,465 134,302 South Yorkshire 166,027 167,159 176,007 181,054 Staffordshire 110,264 116,231 127,000 126,964 Suffolk 63,676 66,096 70,506 74,061 Surrey 90,976 91,425 100,094 120,130 Sussex 157,631 161,847 165,564 172,513 Thames Valley 210,333 209,675 227,020 236,952 Warwickshire 51,003 52,015 55,164 59,011 West Mercia 107,788 113,755 111,446 125,700 West Midlands 360,129 368,608 381,484 395,102 West Yorkshire 281,745 277,994 286,088 304,125 Wiltshire 58,535 68,811 69,823 71,981 England total 6,524,212 6,719,426 7,074,920 7,339,912 Source:
The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy Police Statistics Actuals for 1997–98 to 1999–2000 and Estimates for 2000–01