HL Deb 27 February 2002 vol 631 cc242-3WA
Lord Bradshaw

asked Her Majesty's Government:

When the consultation on camera enforcement of bus lanes outside London is expected to be completed and the necessary orders to be made. [HL2855]

The Minister of State, Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (Lord Falconer of Thoroton)

Our target is to make the regulations this autumn.

Lord Bradshaw

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many construction and maintenance workers have been killed or seriously injured on motorways and trunk roads in England and Wales in the last three years for which figures arc available. [HL2856]

Lord Falconer of Thoroton

Following is the available information for England and Wales.

Since April 2000, the National Asylum Support Service (NASS) has provided support in the form of accommodation and/or subsistence to asylum seekers who are destitute on arrival in the United Kingdom. The responsibility for formally tackling harassment lies with the police and the relevant local authority. NASS's role in investigating racial harassment is to establish whether it is appropriate to provide alternative accommodation because there is a significant risk of violence occurring, if the person were to remain in their current accommodation.

The number of allegations of this type reported to the NASS investigations team for the period January 2001 to December 2001 is set out in the table below as follows:

2001
January 47
February 71
March 66
April 64
May 78
June 74
July 71
August 103
September 72
October 122
November 93
December 47

£ million Cheshire Merseyside GMP Lancashire Cumbria
Expenditure
Police salaries 69.658 145.082 231.526 113.645 36.953
Other staff 19.146 37.405 61.892 30.845 13.129
Other employee expenses 1.222 3.316 0.993 1.327 0.698
Transport 3.222 3.913 7.007 4.916 1.594
Other costs 33.670 88.051 137.332 60.228 23.085
Total 126.918 277.767 438.750 210.961 75.459
Income
Crime Fighting Fund Grant 1.890 4.205 3.316 2.950 0.927
Other grants 0.351 2.726 5.514 0.608 2.142
Other income 2.879 4.426 19.088 11.218 1.690
Total 5.120 11.357 27.918 11.826 4.759
Net expenditure 121.798 266.410 410.832 199.135 70.700
Contributions to (from) reserves (1.346) 0.300 (0.100)
Net budget 121.798 265.064 411.132 199.135 70.600

Source:

CIPFA: Police Statistics—Estimates 2001–02.

Setting the budget and allocating resources for a police authority area is a matter for the authority and the chief officer.