HC Deb 11 November 2003 vol 413 cc239-40W
Mr. Hepburn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funding was allocated to the Northumbria Police Force in each year since 1997. [137471]

Ms Blears

The information is set out in the tables.

£000
Government grant1
1997–98 173,660
1998–99 185,169
1999–2000 192,021
2000–01 198,084
2001–02 208,741
2002–032 211,102
2003–04 225,208
1 Government Grant includes Home Office Police grant, ODPM Revenue Support Grant and national non-domestic rates, Crime Fighting Fund, Basic Command Unit funding, Community Support Officer funding, DNA Expansion Programme and Special Priority payments.
2 The grant figures for 2001–02 and 2002–03 are not directly comparable, owing to changes from 2002–03 in the method of funding the National Crime Squad and the National Criminal Intelligence Service. Based on the new arrangements, comparable grant figure for 2001–02 would have been £203,868,972.

In addition, Northumbria received the following funding in capital grant, including Airwave and the Premises Improvement Fund.

£000
1997–98 7,719
1998–99 8,479
1999–2000 5,408
2000–01 2,844
2001–02 11,780
2002–03 5,552
2003–04 5,786