§ Mr. PaiceTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much funding has been provided by central Government for the Dedicated Security Posts Scheme in each year since its inception. [177173]
§ Ms BlearsGrant support for policing generally, including security arrangements common to all police authorities, is allocated using the police grant funding formula. In addition, one particular component of the formula supports additional security costs that vary between police authorities. Provision is allocated between police authorities in line with professional assessment of relative security pressures.
The component for additional security pressures has been included as part of the police funding formula since its inception in 1995–96. It represented 1.8 per cent. of total formula provision in 1998–99, increasing to 2 per cent. from 1999–2000 to 2002–03. Following wider formula changes in 2002, the proportion has been 2.3 per cent. since 2003–04. The provision is an integral part of the overall calculation on which general police grants for each authority are based.
The available figures included in the funding formula for additional security pressures are set out in the table.
£ million 1998–99 121.4 1999–2000 142.5 2000–01 146.8 2001–02 154.5 2002–03 155.3 2003–04 196.5 2004–05 203.4