§ Ms Glenda JacksonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list funding allocations from his Department to(a) the Metropolitan police and (b) the Borough of Camden for each year since May 1997. [150960]
§ Mr. Charles Clarke [holding answer 26 February 2001]The Home Department has made, or for 2001–02 will make, the following funding to the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) in each year singe April 1997:
Home Office specific grant Financial year £ 1997–98 900,344,546 1998–99 931,229,096 1999–2000 949,070,118 2000–01 956,094,652 2000–02 1,007,548,948 In addition, Revenue Support Grant is paid by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR).
Loan charge grant Financial year £ 1997–98 6,049,591 1998–99 5,916,813 1999–2000 4,783,118 2000–01 4,331,583 2001–02 4,387,349
Capital grant Financial year £ 1997–98 24,774,000 1998–99 21,892,000 1999–2000 21,892,000 2000–01 22,554,000 2001–02 22,803,000
Crime Fighting Fund Financial year £ 2000–01 12,004,571 2001–02 37,365,685 An allowance for training costs of £7,000 per new Metropolitan Police Service recruit is included in the figure for each year.
Payments due in 2001–02 will change to reflect the actual pattern of recruitment, if it is different from the even distribution assumed for the put poses of the table. The Metropolitan Police Service is deferring 108 Crime Fighting Fund recruits from its 2000–01 allocation into 2001–02.
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Other Grants Date £ 24 August 1999 Beacon scheme 94.000 3 October 2000 Robbery grant 9,100,000 4 December 2000 Execution of warrants1 924,557 1Responsibility for the execution of warrants was to transfer to the Lord Chancellor's Department in October 2000. The transfer was deferred until April 2001 and appropriate grant was distributed to all police authorities.
Firearms Grant Date £ 1997–98 133,128 1998–99 44,772 Grants were paid to each force to help meet costs incurred in collection and destruction of handguns.
Crime Reduction Programme Date £ 1999–2000 to 2001–02 8,395,460 This is the total allocation to the Metropolitan Police Service under the Reducing Burglary Initiative (£6.84 million) and the Targeted Policing Initiative (£1.55 million) rounds 1 and 2.
Allocation of funds within the Metropolitan police area is a matter for the Commissioner. The Commissioner has informed me that the budget provided to the local commander for the borough of Camden is to help meet the priorities identified in the Metropolitan Police Service policing and performance plan such as the reduction of crime and disorder and diversity objectives.
Camden borough Budgets Date £ 1997–98 34,160,000 1998–99 34,140,000 1999–2000 35,342,000 2000–01 36,482,000 The devolved budget for the borough of Camden in 2001–02 is not yet available.
In addition, policing in Camden, and in all other boroughs, draws on a large number of specialist services and support controlled centrally such as scientific support, murder review, inspection and review, territorial policing support, public order, specialist search dogs and criminal justice.
From the Crime Reduction Programme provision, several schemes are associated with the borough of Camden—the Camden Safety Net violence against women project (£275,000); Camden Town centre extension and centralised control room (£598,000); a further three reductions in burglary schemes (£1517,000). Camden will also benefit from a portion of £598,000 allocated to a multi-borough project covering Camden, Islington and Southwark under the Targeted Policing Initiative and from £287,000 allocated to a scheme of the Targeted Policing Initiative that will benefit all boroughs.
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