§ Mr. HepburnTo 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 BlearsThe information is set out in the tables.
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£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