Police (Grants)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is, for each police authority in England and Wales, (a) the revenue grant that he proposes to make in 1996–97 and the revenue grant offered for 1995–96 and for each of the previous five years, together with (b) the actual figure of revenue grant paid where it is different from the figure offered and (c) any supplementary revenue grant offered or paid in any year. [7273]

For allocations to each police authority in 1995–96, and proposed allocations for 1996–97, I refer to the reply given by my right hon. and learned Friend on 30 November, columns 891–92 to my hon. Friend the Member for Croydon, North-East (Mr. Congdon). Details of allocations of Home Office specific grant paid in 1995–96 are set out in the "Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 1995–96". Details of proposed allocations for 1996–97 are set out in the draft "Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 1996–97". Copies of both are in the Library.Information on Home Office specific grant advanced to police authorities, and actual grant paid, is set out in the Table. No supplementary revenue grant was offered or paid.

£million
Police authority	Advances 1990–91	Grant paid in respect of 1990–91
Avon and Somerset	50.52	52.20
Bedfordshire	23.63	24.46
Cambridgeshire	28.77	28.41
Cheshire	39.36	40.62
Cleveland	31.41	32.21
Cumbria	24.85	26.37
Derbyshire	30.63	31.24
Devon and Cornwall	51.04	53.89
Dorset	23.63	25.00
Durham	21.20	22.93
Essex	50.16	53.40
Gloucestershire	18.66	20.52
Hampshire	54.08	56.69
Hertfordshire	29.24	29.96
Humberside	34.37	35.55
Kent	51.53	55.60
Lancashire	51.89	55.15
Leicestershire	31.73	31.25
Lincolnshire	20.24	21.21
Norfolk	22.99	24.54
Northamptonshire	20.01	20.44
North Yorkshire	23.40	24.17
Nottinghamshire	36.57	38.61
Staffordshire	35.11	37.88
Suffolk	20.78	21.93
Surrey	26.90	29.13
Sussex	43.79	47.43
Thames Valley	64.03	68.40
Warwickshire	17.76	18.40
West Mercia	33.86	35.04
Wiltshire	18.93	20.85
Greater Manchester	110.91	116.56
Merseryside	78.73	81.96
Northumbria	58.99	61.90
South Yorkshire	48.21	48.34
West Midlands	106.70	116.92
West Yorkshire	91.28	92.40
City of London	25.14	25.43
Metropolitan	610.23	622.94
Dyfed-Powys	15.17	15.75
Gwent	15.88	16.98
North Wales	22.60	22.81
South Wales	50.60	54.19

£ million
Police authority	Advances 1991–92	Grant paid in respect of 1991–92
Avon and Somerset	57.44	56.87
Bedfordshire	19.98	19.97
Cambridgeshire	23.81	24.03
Cheshire	35.05	34.15
Cleveland	28.20	27.95
Cumbria	22.42	22.99
Derbyshire	34.38	33.68
Devon and Cornwall	59.02	59.89
Dorset	27.51	26.52
Durham	25.23	24.78
Essex	58.76	58.93
Gloucestershire	22.58	22.75
Hampshire	62.37	63.73
Hertfordshire	32.96	32.06
Humberside	39.11	39.47
Kent	61.17	65.65
Lancashire	60.68	62.23
Leicestershire	34.38	34.27
Lincolnshire	23.34	24.09
Norfolk	27.00	27.59
Northamptonshire	22.49	23.20
North Yorkshire	26.60	26.36
Nottinghamshire	42.49	42.14
Staffordshire	41.68	41.90
Suffolk	24.13	24.52
Surrey	32.06	32.34
Sussex	52.18	54.15
Thames Valley	75.32	76.20
Warwickshire	21.69	20.32
West Mercia	38.56	39.39
Wiltshire	22.94	23.57
Greater Manchester	128.25	126.89
Merseyside	89.89	91.23
Northumbria	68.24	67.74
South Yorkshire	53.19	52.61
West Midlands	128.65	127.92
West Yorkshire	101.68	100.59
City of London	20.80	20.82
Metropolitan	677.97	696.59
Dyfed-Powys	17.21	17.93
Gwent	18.59	18.71
North Wales	24.94	25.86
South Wales	59.25	60.45

£ million
Police authority	Advances 1992–93	Grant paid in respect of 1992–93
Avon and Somerset	61.52	63.40
Bedfordshire	21.40	22.55
Cambridgeshire	25.46	25.51
Cheshire	37.49	37.21
Cleveland	30.99	30.50
Cumbria	24.02	25.25
Derbyshire	36.82	38.65
Devon and Cornwall	63.98	65.42
Dorset	29.47	28.38
Durham	27.03	27.15
Essex	62.93	64.17
Gloucestershire	24.18	24.51
Hampshire	66.81	69.07
Hertfordshire	35.31	34.95
Humberside	41.89	42.90
Kent	66.58	70.23
Lancashire	65.00	65.62
Leicestershire	36.83	37.12
Lincolnshire	25.00	26.04

£ million
Police authority	Advances 1992–93	Grant paid in respect of 1992–93
Norfolk	29.13	30.13
Northamptonshire	25.39	25.81
North Yorkshire	28.59	29.81
Nottinghamshire	45.51	45.64
Staffordshire	44.64	44.75
Suffolk	25.85	25.87
Surrey	34.68	36.15
Sussex	57.93	58.71
Thames Valley	82.46	81.86
Warwickshire	21.69	21.67
West Mercia	41.34	42.16
Wiltshire	24.57	26.21
Greater Manchester	142.04	138.82
Merseyside	96.59	96.53
Northumbria	72.95	69.63
South Yorkshire	58.82	59.95
West Midlands	139.07	144.98
West Yorkshire	108.90	106.45
City of London	22.92	22.57
Metropolitan	734.80	756.06
Dyfed-Powys	19.69	19.84
Gwent	19.79	19.87
North Wales	27.67	28.58
South Wales	63.99	64.92

£ million
Police authority	Advances 1993–94	Grant paid in respect of 1993–94
Avon and Somerset	64.47	67.53
Bedfordshire	23.63	24.46
Cambridgeshire	28.77	28.41
Cheshire	39.36	40.62
Cleveland	31.41	32.21
Cumbria	24.85	26.37
Derbyshire	39.53	39.89
Devon and Cornwall	68.39	69.69
Dorset	29.78	29.36
Durham	27.65	29.10
Essex	66.40	68.62
Gloucestershire	26.09	25.65
Hampshire	69.84	73.01
Hertfordshire	36.27	36.99
Humberside	44.09	45.36
Kent	74.12	72.93
Lancashire	68.79	70.76
Leicestershire	38.09	38.68
Lincolnshire	26.60	27.60
Norfolk	31.13	31.71
Northamptonshire	27.31	27.24
North Yorkshire	31.07	31.35
Nottinghamshire	48.49	48.74
Staffordshire	45.68	47.98
Suffolk	26.67	27.77
Surrey	37.18	38.07
Sussex	61.92	61.04
Thames Valley	88.15	88.71
Warwickshire	23.37	23.50
West Mercia	44.19	45.71
Wiltshire	27.75	27.31
Greater Manchester	151.84	150.97
Merseyside	98.68	103.27
Northumbria	77.36	78.99
South Yorkshire	62.88	63.56
West Midlands	148.67	149.06
West Yorkshire	114.53	111.80
City of London	25.14	25.43

£ million
Police authority	Advances 1993–94	Grant paid in respect of 1993–94
Metropolitan	773.71	787.90
Dyfed-Powys	20.64	21.17
Gwent	20.06	21.12
North Wales	29.38	29.68
South Wales	66.47	66.75

£ million
Police authority	Advances 1994–95	Grant paid in respect of 1994–95
Avon and Somerset	67.90	70.85
Bedfordshire	25.37	25.98
Cambridgeshire	29.46	29.27
Cheshire	41.42	42.20
Cleveland	34.46	33.36
Cumbria	26.92	27.11
Derbyshire	41.68	42.29
Devon and Cornwall	69.47	71.08
Dorset	31.13	31.75
Durham	29.88	29.82
Essex	70.31	72.72
Gloucestershire	26.94	27.68
Hampshire	74.97	77.82
Hertfordshire	38.36	39.78
Humberside	46.23	46.20
Kent	77.52	77.15
Lancashire	72.20	72.21
Leicestershire	38.59	40.65
Lincolnshire	29.03	29.42
Norfolk	32.16	33.83
Northamptonshire	28.21	29.66
North Yorkshire	31.77	31.49
Nottinghamshire	52.98	52.29
Staffordshire	48.84	50.21
Suffolk	27.84	28.59
Surrey	41.34	42.61
Sussex	63.12	65.19
Thames Valley	95.76	95.01
Warwickshire	23.62	24.66
West Mercia	46.48	48.82
Wiltshire	30.78	29.99
Greater Manchester	158.65	158.93
Merseyside	106.88	107.02
Northumbria	82.54	86.18
South Yorkshire	69.23	67.08
West Midlands	154.46	154.70
West Yorkshire	115.71	116.67
City of London	26.75	26.36
Metropolitan	795.96	816.37
Dyfed-Powys	21.53	22.63
Gwent	21.60	21.90
North Wales	31.22	31.19
South Wales	66.87	66.90

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is, for each police authority in England and Wales, (a) the capital grant that he proposes to make in 1996–97 and the capital grant offered for 1995–96 and for each of the previous five years, together with (b) the actual figure of capital grant paid where that is different from the figure offered and (c) any supplementary capital grant offered or paid in any year for special or designated purposes. [7274]

Details of capital grant proposed for allocation to each police authority in 1996–97 and allocated in each of the previous six years are given in the table. Figures for proposed allocations in years prior

Capital grant allocated to police authorities in England and Wales 1990–91 to 1996–97¹
£million
	1990–91	1991–92	1992–93	1993–94	1994–95	1995–96²	1996–97³
Avon and Somerset	3.953	3.845	3.110	3.862	5.283	5.144	2.122
Bedfordshire	0.143	0.375	0.773	0.806	0.735	0.944	1.167
Cambridgeshire	0.338	0.806	1.200	1.625	1.092	0.812	0.629
Cheshire	0.656	1.234	1.234	1.429	1.139	1.154	0.961
City of London	0.322	0.416	0.454	0.756	1.222	0.505	0.421
Cleveland	0.460	0.573	0.880	0.885	0.889	0.888	0.740
Cumbria	0.579	0.673	0.771	0.885	0.794	0.702	0.585
Derbyshire	0.402	0.929	1.371	2.314	1.891	1.156	1.122
Devon and Cornwall	1.087	2.056	3.511	3.745	2.143	2.262	1.907
Dorset	0.606	1.362	2.355	2.026	1.355	0.797	0.666
Durham	0.328	1.249	1.559	2.172	1.280	0.853	0.870
Dyfed Powys	0.298	0.999	1.163	1.653	0.737	0.606	0.477
Essex	1.100	1.584	3.055	2.937	3.144	3.895	3.728
Gloucestershire	0.701	0.942	0.866	1.180	0.971	1.136	1.015
Greater Manchester	2.754	4.180	4.747	5.817	5.762	4.802	4.286
Gwent	1.602	1.897	1.998	1.049	1.092	1.200	0.680
Hampshire	1.039	1.917	2.064	2.489	2.267	2.524	2.911
Hertfordshire	0.809	1.076	1.044	1.052	0.996	1.079	1.375
Humberside	0.799	1.679	1.448	1.434	1.269	1.350	1.593
Kent	0.654	1.614	2.222	2.134	1.880	2.736	3.338
Lancashire	1.431	1.551	3.039	2.459	3.412	2.557	1.699
Leicestershire	2.847	1.866	1.601	1.809	1.561	2.837	1.982
Lincolnshire	0.707	0.865	1.329	1.902	1.071	1.589	1.465
Merseyside	1.194	2.708	2.784	2.925	3.504	3.558	3.245
Norfolk	0.150	0.681	0.934	1.124	1.046	0.950	1.283
Northamptonshire	0.435	0.972	1.186	1.270	0.961	0.762	0.876
Northumbria	3.505	2.484	3.074	3.838	5.324	5.844	4.334
North Wales	0.406	0.851	0.825	1.328	0.861	1.235	1.079
North Yorkshire	0.446	0.945	0.836	0.836	1.032	0.841	1.092
Nottinghamshire	1.261	1.771	3.371	3.354	3.016	2.610	3.042
South Wales	0.627	1.743	2.263	2.516	3.352	4.197	3.573
South Yorkshire	1.939	1.798	2.416	2.097	3.270	2.840	2.791
Staffordshire	1.502	1.378	2.018	2.099	1.686	1.821	1.788
Suffolk	0.381	1.175	0.869	0.843	0.729	0.732	0.609
Surrey	1.621	1.448	1.565	1.844	1.920	2.546	3.021
Sussex	1.968	3.051	2.553	2.104	1.948	3.886	3.746
Thames Valley	3.096	2.389	2.822	2.571	3.203	3.425	3.485
Warwickshire	0.307	0.795	1.052	1.291	1.535	0.971	0.521
West Mercia	3.747	2.247	3.659	4.586	2.513	1.893	2.036
West Midlands	4.940	5.452	4.667	5.573	6.419	5.889	4.570
West Yorkshire	4.020	6.798	7.221	4.090	3.590	4.449	3.918
Wiltshire	0.572	0.665	0.761	1.838	2.326	1.441	0.747
Metropolitan Police	28.507	34.214	32.968	36.327	34.383	33.723	27.749
	84.239	107.253	119.638	128.874	124.603	125.141	109.244
¹ Excludes grant paid to lead forces for regional crime squads.² Position as at 19 December 1995. £1.365 million still to be allocated for purchase of building sites.
³ Position as at 19 December 1995. £5.006 million still be to allocated for purchase of building sites and central funding for air support.

Volume 268: debated on Wednesday 20 December 1995