HC Deb 15 July 2003 vol 409 cc278-9W
Mr. Truswell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list(a) the number of police officers, (b) the ratio of police officers to residents, (c) the amount of Government funding received, (d) the amount of Government funding per resident, (e) the precept levied on a Band D property and (f) the overall sum raised by the precept for each police authority in England in the last year for which figures are available [116897]

Ms Blears

The information requested is provided in the table.

(a) Number of police officers1 (b) Police/population2 (c) Government funding3 £ million (d) Funding per resident £ million (e) Precept on band D property (£) (f) Revenue raised through precept £ million4
Dorset 1,402 495 64.94 94 123.4 33.80
Durham 1,655 358 85.23 144 79.6 14.14
Essex 2,988 541 165.55 102 93.0 56.51
Gloucestershire 1,171 482 60.88 108 142.6 29.64
Greater Manchester 7,352 338 403.88 163 91.7 69.77
Hampshire 3,592 495 201.03 113 97.3 62.80
Hertfordshire 1,902 544 105.74 102 98.3 41.36
Humberside 2,114 411 116.69 134 113.0 30.67
Kent 3,434 460 193.37 122 95.0 55.88
Lancashire 3,378 419 185.78 131 87.6 39.56
Leicestershire 2,086 443 104.31 113 104.8 31.02
Lincolnshire 1,214 534 63.69 98 104.4 22.31
Merseyside 4,118 331 255.88 188 101.5 42.25
Metropolitan Police5 27,645 260 1,902.88 265 159.1 443.75
Norfolk 1,481 539 88.54 111 122.0 33.70
Northamptonshire 1,202 525 68.53 109 130.1 27.73
Northumbria 4,006 345 223.58 162 63.8 26.56
North Yorkshire 1,404 535 75.26 100 156.0 43.58
Nottinghamshire 2,397 424 131.49 129 109.3 34.37
South Yorkshire 3,217 394 185.35 146 94.3 34.38
Staffordshire 2,169 483 115.45 110 126.5 43.06
Suffolk 1,228 545 68.29 102 109.4 25.67
Surrey 1,986 533 93.33 88 135.1 63.75
Sussex 2,933 510 163.05 109 97.7 57.89
Thames Valley 3,830 546 220.83 106 106.2 86.13
Warwickshire 1,007 503 52.97 105 117.3 22.07
West Mercia 2,048 566 112.25 97 119.8 49.66
West Midlands 7,855 325 422.27 165 71.2 54.53
West Yorkshire 4,999 416 306.48 147 88.8 56.08
Wiltshire 1,167 526 62.41 102 109.7 25.18
Total for England 122,373 409 7,145.21 145 — 1,928.31
1 Officers at 30 September 2002.
2 Population per police officer.
3 Government funding shown is revenue police and specific grants and RSG/NNDR. Police authorities also received capital grant of £117 million and supplementary credit approvals (grant supported borrowing authority) of £73 million, plus, £12 million loan charges grant as support for costs of capital incurred before 1990.
4 Data on precepts in columns (e) and (f) provided by ODPM. The average Band D property rate (per household) is £109 for shire authorities and £84 for metropolitan authorities (excluding the GLA) in respect of 2003–04.
5 City of London police numbers and police specific grant information is included with the Metropolitan police. Precept information relates to MPA only.
6 Remaining specific grants funds of £201 million have not yet been allocated.