§ Mr. EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what central Government spending was on the Lancashire Constabulary in each year since 1992. [134901]
§ Ms BlearsThe information available is set out in the tables.
Government Grant1 Thousands
1992–932 N/a 1993–942 N/a 1994–952 N/A 1995–96 136,337 1996–97 143,926 1997–98 146,860 1998–99 153,628 1999–2000 155,938 2000–01 163,676 2001–023 172,966 2002–033 177,420 2003–04 187,365 1 Government Grant includes Home Office Police grant, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) Revenue Support Grant and national non domestic rates, Crime Fighting Fund, Rural Policing Grant. Basic Command Unit funding, Community Support Officer funding, DNA Expansion Programme, Street Crime Initiative and Special Priority payments.
2 Before 1995–96, when most Police Authorities became independent local authorities, revenue support grant and non-national domestic rates were paid as part of respective county council grant funding.
3 The grant figures for 2001–02 and 2002–03 are not directly comparable, as the National Crime Squad and the National Criminal Intelligence Service became centrally rather than locally funded from 2002–3. Based on the new arrangements, the comparable grant figure for 2001–02 would have been £168,818,571.
In addition, Lancashire received the following funding in capital grant, including Airwave and the Premises Improvement Fund.
Thousands 1995–96 4,148 1996–97 2,730 1997–98 2,208 1998–99 2,414 1999–2000 2,183 2000–01 5,141 2001–02 13,395 2002–03 6,441 2003–04 5,094