HC Deb 24 February 2003 vol 400 c335W
Jon Trickett

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the percentage change was in West Yorkshire Police Authority's(a) aggregate budgets, (b) expenditure on uniformed police, (c) expenditure on other police officers and (d) other expenditure between 1997 and 2002. [96624]

Mr. Denham

The information is set out in the table.

1996–97 2001–02 Change
£million £million %
Police pay1 150.3 165.7 10.2
Civilian pay 33.3 48.1 44.4
Other expenditure2(net) 80.7 109.1 35.2
Total net expenditure 264.3 322.9 22.2
Less use of reserves/balances (4.3) (8.8) 104.7
Net budget requirement 260.0 314.1 20.8
Sources:
Treasurer's Department of West Yorkshire Police Authority and Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
1A breakdown of police pay between uniformed and non-uniformed officers is not available.
2 Other expenditure includes police pensions, civilian pay, running expenses and capital financing. It is net of income, mainly special and specific grants and, for 2001–02, £4.5 million from the Crime Fighting Fund.