§ Mr. PaiceTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much capacity building funding for the recruitment of special constables was made available to police forces in each year since its inception. [178787]
§ Ms Blears[holding answer 14 June 2004]: The Specials' capacity building funding was announced in December 2003 and is in its first year. It is designed to assist Forces implement good practice, improving the recruitment, management and deployment of Special Constables.
All 43 Police Forces in England and Wales submitted proposals. The following table shows the allocation made to Forces, covering the first 12 months of the scheme.
Force Total (£) Avon and Somerset 70,000 Bedfordshire 69,859 Cambridgeshire 70,000 Cheshire 70,000 City of London 70,000 Cleveland 70,000 Cumbria 65,316 Derbyshire 63,934 Devon and Cornwall 39,892 Dorset 70,000 Durham 66,820 Dyfed Powys 70,000 Essex 70,000 Gloucestershire 67,194 Greater Manchester 39,999 Gwent 67,516 Hampshire 54,684 Hertfordshire 62,453 Humberside 70,000 Kent 70,000 Lancashire 70,000 Leicestershire 70,000 Lincolnshire 23,134 Merseyside 65,434 Metropolitan Police 70,000 Norfolk 69,500 Northamptonshire 70,000 Northumbria 70,000 North Wales 63,710 North Yorkshire 70,000 Nottinghamshire 62,000 South Wales 69,006 South Yorkshire 63,400 Staffordshire 39,818 Suffolk 65,402 Surrey 70,000 Sussex 69,898 Thames Valley 69,779 Warwickshire 62,342 West Mercia 66,070 West Midlands 69,960 West Yorkshire 70,000 Wiltshire 69,950 Totals 2,787,070