HC Deb 25 January 2002 vol 378 c1188W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his estimate is of the planned expenditure on policing as a percentage of gross domestic product in(a) 2001–02, (b) 2002–03 and (c) 2003–04. [27917]

Mr. Denham

The information is set out in the table.

Year Police provision (£ billion) Money GDP (£ billion) Police provision as a proportion of money GDP (percentage)
2001–02 8.5 998 0.85
2002–03 9.0 1,046 0.86
2003–04 9.3 1,099 0.85

Notes:

  1. 1. Police provision is total Government provision (police grant, special grant. capital grant, credit approvals and central Home Office spend and police Standard Spending Assessment).
  2. 2. Money GDP figures are estimates.

Information on the number of police officers to population is published in the Home Office Statistical Bulletins "Police Service Strength: England and Wales". The latest bulletin (No. 23/01), was published on 18 December 2001 and shows that in England and Wales the number of officers per 100,000 population at 30 September 2001 was 240.3. A copy of the bulletin is in the Library.