§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of each police authority's total budget was accounted for by police pensions in the financial years(a) 1998–99. (b) 1999–2000, (c) 2000–01 and (d) 2001–02; and whether he is undertaking a review of police pensions.[51485]
§ Mr. Denham[holding answer 25 April 2002]: Figures for police pensions as a proportion of net expenditure are set out in the table.
As we made clear in our White Paper 'Policing a New Century: A Blueprint for Reform', we are aware of the need of police authorities and officers for a system which brings greater clarity about pensions obligations on individual police forces. The Home Office and Treasury are reviewing the options for a revised system which would bring this about.
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Percentage Police Authority 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 Avon and Somerset 14.09 14.84 16.16 16.65 Bedfordshire 12.62 11.94 12.48 12.84 Cambridgeshire 12.04 12.33 12.98 12.69 Cheshire 9.92 11.07 11.25 13.63 City of London 18.14 14.19 15.36 16.05 Cleveland 13.75 14.47 15.18 14.85 Cumbria 14.85 14.78 15.37 15.25 Derbyshire 11.72 11.34 13.41 12.37 Devon and Cornwall 13.96 14.29 13.96 14.81 Dorset 13.08 14.53 14.00 15.05 Durham 11.10 12.64 12.04 12.54 Dyfed/Powys 12.98 12.90 13.24 13.41 Essex 12.39 12.00 11.30 12.94 Gloucestershire 13.54 13.40 14.20 14.26 Greater Manchester 15.63 15.92 15.21 16.25 Gwent 9.93 11.34 10.81 11.92 Hampshire 10.07 11.48 10.84 11.35 Hertfordshire 9.24 11.22 9.80 9.51 Humberside 12.77 13.33 14.15 14.49
Percentage Police Authority 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 Kent 11.22 11.35 12.50 12.94 Lancashire 12.82 12.64 13.54 14.35 Leicestershire 12.22 11.54 12.11 12.63 Lincolnshire 14.58 15.33 16.25 16.86 Merseyside 14.54 15.33 15.65 16.43 Metropolitan Police 12.72 11.70 13.25 12.87 Norfolk 12.22 11.63 12.64 12.55 North Wales 14.49 13.72 14.72 14.81 North Yorkshire 13.79 16.50 16.31 17.19 Northamptonshire 10.96 10.74 11.91 10.83 Northumbria 14.94 13.87 14.27 14.41 Nottinghamshire 13.44 13.79 13.66 15.30 South Wales 15.18 14.29 15.34 15.97 South Yorkshire 9.42 10.68 10.59 12.18 Staffordshire 13.67 15.59 14.84 17.03 Suffolk 13.05 14.86 13.54 14.34 Surrey 11.32 10.32 9.32 9.48 Sussex 14.19 14.82 15.99 15.94 Thames Valley 9.39 9.23 9.78 9.90 Warwickshire 13.04 14.47 15.25 16.51 West Mercia 12.39 12.21 13.26 13.65 West Midlands 11.45 11.32 11.89 12.45 West Yorkshire 13.16 14.07 14.18 14.98 Wiltshire 10.93 11.14 11.11 12.26 Total 12.75 12.72 13.30 13.67 Source:
Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy Police statistics [Actuals] 1998/99-1999/2000 and [Estimates] 2000/01–2001/02. An actual net pensions figure for Leicestershire was not available in 1998–99 so the figure from the Police statistics Estimates 1998-99 has been used.