§ Mr. ClappisonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the level of financial support made available by central Government to the Hertfordshire police authority was in each year since 1997. [161435]
§ Ms BlearsThe information is set out in the table.
£ million General Government grants1 Special payments2 Specific grants and capital grant3 Total 1997–98 76.0 0 1.7 111 1998–99 77.2 0 2.0 79.2 1999–2000 79.4 3.0 2.6 85.0 2000–01 92.9 2.8 1.6 97.3 2001–02 99.0 0.6 6.7 106.3 2001–024 96.3 0.6 6.7 103.6 2002–03 98.6 0.3 8.1 107.0 2003–04 101.5 0 9.5 111.0 2004–05 104.8 0 9.5 114.3 1 General Government grants comprise Home Office Police grant, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Revenue Support Grant and National Non-Domestic Rates. 2 Special payments for transitional costs associated with changes to the boundaries of the Metropolitan Police District from 1 April 2000. 3 Includes funding from the Crime Fighting Fund, Basic Command Unit funding, Community Support Officer funding, Special Priority payments, Airwave, the DMA Expansion Programme, South East Allowance payments, capital grant and the Premises Improvement Fund. 4 General grant figures for 2001–02 are not directly comparable with 2002–03 due to the change in funding arrangements of NCS and NCIS. Adjusted figures for 2001–02 are therefore included above.