HC Deb 19 September 2003 vol 410 cc1254-5W
Peter Bradley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what total funding for West Mercia police was per head of population in each year since 1997 from(a) Government grant and (b) precept.[127586]

Ms Blears

The funding of the police authority net budget per head of population in each year since 1997 from(a) Government grant and (b) precept was as follows:

£
Total funding per head of population from
(a) Government grant (b) Precept
1996–97 79.88 15.38
1997–98 81.53 17.45
1998–99 81.49 18.57
1999–2000 85.48 20.52
2000–01 91.09 26.13
2001–02 94.09 27.62
2002–03 97.42 37.50
2003–04 100.79 42.88

Note:

Funding includes Home Office police grant and Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) revenue support grant and national non domestic rates and Standard Standing Assessment (SSA) reduction grant, Crime Fighting Fund, Rural Grant, Airwave, Basic Command Unit (BCD) funding, Community Support Officer funding, special priority payments, DMA Expansion programme and capital grant.

Sources:

1. For population data (and police grant in 1993–94 and 1994–95) is the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy police statistics (Actuals to 2001–02 and Estimates 2002–03). Figures for 2003–04 are not yet available so the estimated population figure for 2002–03 has been used.

2. For precept information is the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Peter Bradley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) community support officers, (b) street wardens and (c) neighbourhood wardens there are in (i) West Mercia constabulary and (ii) The Wrekin.[127830]

Ms Blears

West Mercia Constabulary has recruited 10 Community Support Officers (CSOs) to date which are fully funded by the Home Office. By the end of this financial year, they will have recruited a further 45 CSOs, of which 30 are part-funded by the Home Office.

The Wrekin is to be allocated 21 of the new CSOs of which six will be fully funded by Wrekin council and two by Wrekin Housing Trust.

In the area covered by West Mercia Constabulary there are two Street Warden schemes with seven wardens between them and one Neighbourhood Warden scheme with two wardens. Of these nine wardens, two are deployed as Street Wardens in the Wrekin.