HC Deb 27 February 2002 vol 380 cc1381-2W
Mr. Andrew Turner

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of the cost of each police force was met by precept on local authorities in(a) 1997 and (b) 2001. [34774]

Mr. Denham

[holding answer 8 February 2002]: The figures are set out in the table.

Proportion of net funding requirement met from council tax
1997–98 2001–02
Avon and Somerset 16.2 19.6
Bedfordshire 16.3 18.8
Cambridgeshire 17.2 19.6
Cheshire 17.1 18.6
Cleveland 11.3 12.1
Cumbria 15.6 21.2
Derbyshire 16.0 19.7
Devon and Cornwall 16.9 17.9
Proportion of net funding requirement met from council tax
1997–98 2001–02
Dorset 23.8 29.1
Durham 12.3 11.4
Dyfed-Powys 16.2 25.5
Essex 18.9 22.1
Gloucestershire 17.0 23.1
GMP 11.4 12.0
Gwent 13.4 19.1
Hampshire 17.8 17.5
Hertfordshire 19.3 23.6
Humberside 12.8 17.2
Kent 16.9 16.7
Lancashire 13.6 15.0
Leicestershire 15.0 18.7
Lincolnshire 20.8 24.8
Merseyside 11.7 13.5
MPS 9.3 15.9
Norfolk 17.1 22.4
North Wales 15.7 22.4
North Yorkshire 18.4 20.1
Northamptonshire 21.4 22.1
Northumbria 11.2 10.2
Nottinghamshire 12.6 15.3
South Wales 12.5 18.4
South Yorkshire 12.1 12.2
Staffordshire 15.8 23.3
Suffolk 17.8 19.8
Surrey 16.6 31.9
Sussex 18.8 18.9
Thames Valley 19.5 20.5
Warwickshire 18.2 24.8
West Mercia 18.7 23.7
West Midlands 11.2 10.6
West Yorkshire 12.1 12.2
Wiltshire 18.6 24.6