§ Adam PriceTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of each police authority budget in England and Wales was spent on pensions in(a) 1997–98 and (b) the latest year for which figures are available. [184752]
§ Ms Blears[holding answer 16 July 2004]: The information is set out in the table.
Proportion of net expenditure spent on pensions Percentage 1997–98 2003–04 Avon and Somerset 15.6 16.7 Bedfordshire 11.5 11.8 Cambridgeshire 11.9 12.9 Cheshire 11.1 12.6 City of London 12.7 16.0 Cleveland 10.9 15.8 Cumbria 12.8 15.8 Derbyshire 12.8 13.0 Devon and Cornwall 13.5 14.0 Dorset 13.0 13.2 Durham 16.5 13.6 Dyfed-Powys 12.0 13.5 Essex 10.6 14.0 Gloucestershire 13.2 14.6 Greater Manchester 16.5 14.1 Gwent 11.6 14.4 Hampshire 9.6 12.4 Hertfordshire 9.5 10.8 Humberside 13.2 13.7 Kent 11.3 13.2 Lancashire 14.2 14.9 Leicestershire 11.9 12.1 Lincolnshire 13.8 15.7 Merseyside 14.9 17.8 Metropolitan 11.4 12.2 Norfolk 13.2 12.8 Northamptonshire 12.4 9.0 Northumbria 15.4 15.5 North Wales 13.6 14.7 North Yorkshire 14.5 13.9 Nottinghamshire 13.7 16.7 South Wales 17.6 16.1 South Yorkshire 12.1 13.1 Staffordshire 17.3 14.4 Suffolk 13.3 14.5 Surrey 13.7 10.3 Sussex 13.3 14.6 Thames Valley 9.8 9.8 Warwickshire 13.9 16.4 West Mercia 11.0 13.4 West Midlands 12.2 12.5 West Yorkshire 13.0 15.6 Wiltshire 10.4 12.5 Note: Leicestershire's 1997–98 figures were not available in the CIPFA Actuals 1997–98. The force estimates have therefore been used. Source: Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy Police Statistics—Actuals 1997–98 and Estimates 2003–04.