§ Miss McIntoshTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of each local authority's police budget(a)was accounted for by police pensions in 1997 and (b)will be accounted for by police pensions in (i) 2002 and (ii) 2008. [41689]
§ Mr. DenhamFigures for police pensions as a proportion of net expenditure in 1997–98 are set out in the table. Figures for 2002–03 and 2008–09 are not available.
Police authority Percentage Avon and Somerset 15.62 Bedfordshire 11.55 Cambridgeshire 11.88 Cheshire 11.13 City of London 12.71 Cleveland 10.94 Cumbria 12.77 Derbyshire 12.79 Devon and Cornwall 13.53 Dorset 13.03 Durham 16.49 Dyfed Powys 12.01 Essex 10.59 Gloucestershire 13.17 Greater Manchester 16.50 Gwent 11.64 Hampshire 9.55 Hertfordshire 9.52 Humberside 13.19 Kent 11.28 Lancashire 14.17 Leicestershire 11.90 Lincolnshire 13.84 Merseyside 14.93 Metropolitan police 11.39 Norfolk 13.20 North Wales 13.58 North Yorkshire 14.47 Northamptonshire 12.43 Northumbria 15.42 Nottinghamshire 13.74 South Wales 17.61 South Yorkshire 12.12 Staffordshire 17.30 Suffolk 13.25 Surrey 13.66 Sussex 13.29 Thames Valley 9.83 Warwickshire 13.92 West Mercia 11.01 West Midlands 12.24 West Yorkshire 12.97 Wiltshire 10.44 Total 12.73 Source:
Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA): Police statistics [Actuals] 1997–98. The figure for Leicestershire was not available, so the figure from the Police Statistics [Estimates] 1997–98 has been used.