§ The Minister for Crime Reduction, Policing and Community Safety (Ms Hazel Blears)I have today placed in the Library a copy of the Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2004–05 (HC 277). The report sets out my determination for 2004–05 of the aggregate amount of grants that I propose to pay under section 46(2) of the Police Act 1996, and the amount to be paid to each police authority and to the Greater London Authority for the Metropolitan Police Authority.
Allocations for each police authority for financial years 2003–04 and 2004–05 are set out in the table:
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Police Authority 2003–04 2004–05 % Change Allocation1 Allocation1 £m £m English Shire forces Avon & Somerset 157.1 162.2 3.3% Bedfordshire 60.1 62.1 3.3% Cambridgeshire 71.1 73.4 3.3% Cheshire 103.9 107.2 3.3% Cleveland 84.1 86.8 3.3% Cumbria 57.7 59.6 3.3% Derbyshire 97.9 101.2 3.3% Devon & Cornwall 161.5 166.7 3.3% Dorset 61.6 63.6 3.3% Durham 81.5 84.2 3.3% Essex 155.9 160.9 3.3% Gloucestershire 57.0 58.9 3.3% Hampshire 184.5 190.5 3.3% Hertfordshire 101.5 104.8 3.3% Humberside 110.9 114.6 3.3% Kent 176.8 182.6 3.3% Lancashire 177.1 182.9 3.3% Leicestershire 98.8 102.0 3.3% Lincolnshire 58.7 60.6 3.3% Norfolk 79.6 82.2 3.3% North Yorkshire 70.4 72.7 3.3% Northamptonshire 62.2 64.3 3.3% Nottinghamshire 123.6 127.6 3.3% Staffordshire 105.8 109.2 3.3% Suffolk 63.9 66.0 3.3% Surrey 85.4 88.2 3.3% Sussex 153.1 158.1 3.3% Thames Valley 205.9 212.6 3.3% Warwickshire 48.2 49.8 3.3% West Mercia 104.4 107.7 3.3% Wiltshire 58.7 60.6 3.3%
Police Authority 2003–04 2004–05 %Change Allocation1 Allocation1 £m £m English Metropolitan forces Greater Manchester 380.8 393.2 3.3% Merseyside 240.5 248.4 3.3% Northumbria 214.3 221.4 3.3% South Yorkshire 172.3 178.0 3.3% West Midlands 386.5 399.3 3.3% West Yorkshire 289.4 298.9 3.3% London forces GLA—Police 1,764.1 1,822.0 3.3% City of London2 32.5 32.7 N/A English Total 6,699.2 6,917.7 3.3% Welsh forces Dyfed-Powys 49.3 50.9 3.3% Gwent 69.6 71.8 3.3% North Wales3 73.3 75.8 3.3% South Wales 162.9 168.2 3.3% Welsh Total 355.1 366.7 3.3% TOTAL 7,054.3 7.284.4 3.3% Notes
1. Rounded to the nearest £100,000. Grant as calculated under the Local Government Finance Report (England) and Local Government Finance (Police) Report (Wales). This includes the Metropolitan Police special payment, and the effects of floors and ceilings.
2. Figures for the City relate to Home Office Grant only as calculated in the Police Grant Report (England and Wales). Revenue Support Grant is allocated to the Common Council of the City of London as a whole in respect of all its functions. The City is grouped with education authorities for the purposes of floors and ceilings.
3. Welsh Assembly Grant includes PFI payments in RSG funding. PFI payments will be made good to ensure equivalent treatment with English forces.