Lord Berkeleyasked Her Majesty's Government:
When they intend to publish the allocations of grant for police authorities in England and Wales. [HL1456]
§ The Minister of State, Home Office (Lord Falconer of Thoroton)We have today placed in the Library a copy of the Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2003–04 (HC 270). The report sets out our 7WA determination for 2003–04 of the aggregate amount of grants that we propose to pay under section 46(2) of the Police Act 1996 and the amount to be paid to each police authority and to the Greater London Authority for the Metropolitan Police Authority.
Allocations for each police authority for financial years 2002–03 and 2003–04 are set out in the table.
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Police Authority 2002–03Allocation1,4 2003–04 Allocation1 %Change English Shire forces Avon&Somerset 152.4 157.1 3.1% Bedfordshire 57.5 60.1 4.6% Cambridgeshire 67.7 71.1 5.0% Cheshire 99.0 103.9 4.9% Cleveland 80.1 84.1 5.0% Cumbria 55.8 57.7 3.4% Derbyshire 95.0 97.9 3.1% Devon & Cornwall 156.7 161.5 3.0% Dorset 59.7 61.6 3.0% Durham 77.8 81.5 4.9% Essex 151.3 155.9 3.0% Gloucestershire 55.3 57.0 3.0% Hampshire 179.0 184.5 3.1% Hertfordshire4 98.6 101.5 3.0% Humberside 106.0 110.9 4.6% Kent 171.6 176.8 3.0% Lancashire 168.8 177.1 4.9% Leicestershire 94.5 98.8 4.5% Lincolnshire 57.0 58.7 3.0% Norfolk 76.7 79.6 3.7% North Yorkshire 68.3 70.4 3.0% Northamptonshire 59.3 62.2 5.0% Nottinghamshire 118.5 123.6 4.3% Staffordshire 102.7 105.8 3.0% Suffolk 62.0 63.9 3.1% Surrey4 82.9 85.4 3.0% Sussex 148.6 153.1 3.0% Thames Valley 199.8 205.9 3.0% Warwickshire 46.8 48.2 3.0% West Mercia 101.3 104.4 3.0% Wiltshire 56.8 58.7 3.2% English Metropolitan forces Greater Manchester 362.8 380.8 4.9% Merseyside 229.1 240.5 5.0% Northumbria 204.2 214.3 5.0% South Yorkshire 164.2 172.3 5.0% West Midlands 368.3 386.5 4.9% West Yorkshire 275.8 289.4 4.9% London forces GLA—all functions5 1,926.8 2,022.1 4.9% City of London2 29.8 32.5 9.1% English Total 6,668.8 6,957.2 4.3% Welsh forces Dyfed-Powys3 47.9 49.3 3.0% Gwent3 66.7 69.6 4.3% North Wales3 70.2 73.4 4.5% South Wales3 158.3 163.0 3.0% Welsh total 343.0 355.2 3.6% Total 7,011.8 7,312.4 4.3% Notes
1. Rounded to the nearest £100,000. Grant as calculated under the Local Government Finance Report (England) and Local Government Finance Report (Wales). This includes the Metropolitan Police special payment, and the effects of floors and ceilings.
2. Figures for the City are Police Grant only.
3. Figures for Welsh authorities for 2002–03 are reduced due to the appropriate amount of the £266,000 council tax penalty to the Treasury.
4. The figures above do not include the special payments for transitional costs associated with changes to the boundaries of the Metropolitan Police District from 1 April 2000.
5. The overall increase for GLA is 4.9 per cent. This includes provision for Metropolitan Police and other funded services.
6. "Floor" and "ceiling" increases of 3 per cent. and 4.9 per cent. respectively have been applied. There are minor variations arising from inclusion of capital charges.