§ 32. Miss McIntoshTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent representations he has received on resourcing of the police of North Yorkshire. [142675]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeI received no recent representations on resourcing for the police in North Yorkshire. Under the provisional police funding settlement for 2001–02, North Yorkshire Police Authority will receive central Government funding support of £84 million, an increase of 5.4 per cent. over 2000–01. North Yorkshire also will receive additional funding of £801,000, on present estimates, for the crime fighting fund, £3,205,000 for the airwave communications system, and £2,013,806 for rural policing.