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Police Authorities (Standard Spending Assessments)

Volume 268: debated on Wednesday 20 December 1995

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Mr. Michael

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is, for each police authority in England and Wales, the proposed standard spending assessment for 1996–97 and the standard spending assessment set for 1995–96 and each of the previous five years. [7275]

Sir Paul Beresford

The total standard spending assessments of police authorities in England are given in table 1. SSAs for police authorities in Wales are a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.

Table 1: Total standard spending assessments1 (SSAs) for police authorities
£ million
Police authority1990–911991–921992–931993–941994–951995–961996–972
City of London41.62542.68344.49048.30769.88865.87362.146
Metropolitan Police632.132697.623750.134783.503813.137736.737743.791
Greater Manchester Police114.059125.715144.294150.493157.194164.724170.674
Merseyside Police76.80684.44897.596101.870106.323108.325109.231
South Yorkshire Police48.86153.80062.88065.64668.55874.17377.184
Northumbria Police58.13263.98774.89778.20482.04990.78094.334
West Midlands Police112.329124.362143.595149.870156.545166.072171.747
West Yorkshire Police86.47395.826110.489115.606120.675126.306130.468
Avon and Somerset Policen/an/an/an/an/a74.66977.406
Devon and Cornwall Policen/an/an/an/an/a73.79376.349
Hampshire Policen/an/an/an/an/a85.05787.197
Sussex Policen/an/an/an/an/a73.43675.315
Thames Valley Policen/an/an/an/an/a97.053100.877
West Mercia Policen/an/an/an/an/a49.63451.882
Bedfordshire Policen/an/an/an/an/a27.86128.589
Cambridgeshire Policen/an/an/an/an/a31.59333.090
Cheshire Policen/an/an/an/an/a46.85148.982
Cleveland Policen/an/an/an/an/a35 .60636.544
Cumbria Policen/an/an/an/an/a27.24128.456
Derbyshire Policen/an/an/an/an/a44.52446.150
Dorset Policen/an/an/an/an/a31.61932.348
Durham Policen/an/an/an/an/a34.28635.673
Essex Policen/an/an/an/an/a73 .96975.593
Gloucestershire Policen/an/an/an/an/a28.42729.227
Hertfordshire Policen/an/an/an/an/a43.79444.635
Humberside Policen/an/an/an/an/a49.43351.467
Kent Policen/an/an/an/an/a79.50481.637
Lancashire Policen/an/an/an/an/a78.37081.489
Leicestershire Policen/an/an/an/an/a45.43347.456
Lincolnshire Policen/an/an/an/an/a28.00529.170
Norfolk Policen/an/an/an/an/a35.79737.795
Northamptonshire Policen/an/an/an/an/a27.98129.079
North Yorkshire Policen/an/an/an/an/a33.56034.767
Nottinghamshire Policen/an/an/an/an/a55.73457.752
Staffordshire Policen/an/an/an/an/a51.04454.281
Suffolk Policen/an/an/an/an/a29.41430.700
Surrey Policen/an/an/an/an/a40.77841.054
Warwickshire Policen/an/an/an/an/a24.06324.547
Wiltshire Policen/an/an/an/an/a29.61330.277
1 The total SSA is made up from elements for police, interest receipts, net costs of financing capital expenditure and boundary changes. For the City of London the total SSA also includes the elements for Education, Personal Social Services, Highway Maintenance, and All Other Services. For the Metropolitan Police the total SSA also includes allowances for Probation and Magistrates' Courts and School Crossing Patrols.
2 Proposed.
n/a = not available
Table 2: Police elements of SSA
£million
Police authority1990–911991–921992–931993–941994–951995–9621996–97
City of London17.98320.63923.18726.57029.69026.77226.141
Metropolitan Police613.875676.931729.511761.712791.008701.446707.299
Greater Manchester Police115.636126.349144.376149.884156.167163.283169.412
Merseyside Police77.79184.62297.563101.359105.608107.231108.232
South Yorkshire Police49.27953.96762.83865.28268.01973.41876.443
Northumbria Police58.13263.93974.67677.58180.83389.26292.687
West Midlands Police113.021124.080143.090148.656154.888163.619169.443
West Yorkshire Police87.02595.027109.774114.045118.825124.155128.520
Avon and Somerset Police150.80255.44363.99966.48869.27673.45476.055
Devon and Cornwall Police147.09551.53760.70263.06465.70773.08275.706
Hampshire Police154.28959.90471.55175.45379.13384.41886.626
Sussex Police150.82656.09360.75364.00367.15572.71274.543

In non-metropolitan counties before 1995–96, the element of the SSAs relating to police formed part of the SSA for the county council. The police elements of the SSAs for all authorities are given in table 2.

Table 2: Police elements of SSA

£ million

Police authority

1990–91

1991–92

1992–93

1993–94

1994–95

1995–96

2

1996–97

Thames Valley Police163.24870.89385.17990.57495.20296.07899.744
West Mercia Police132.94736.41642.56244.21846.07148.77951.154
Bedfordshire Police18.03920.23825.12726.49827.79027.67928.357
Cambridgeshire Police19.82421.69126.51627.54728.70231.29532.824
Cheshire Police30.91133.98639.80541.35343.08746.46548.708
Cleveland Police24.64027.03731.13932.35033.70635.31436.290
Cumbria Police19.12921.15124.60925.56626.63827.00728.253
Derbyshire Police29.67032.27638.35439.84641.51643.99045.604
Dorset Police20.80122.87926.99328.04329.21831.10931.891
Durham Police22.75324.75128.79629.91731.17133.90535.297
Essex Police49.25554.85164.66267.76771.27373.10374.640
Gloucestershire Police19.26220.95324.54625.50126.57028.06228.860
Hertfordshire Police29.91732.97338.80340.29042.41343.46644.352
Humberside Police32.96336.12842.16843.80945.64548.94750.972
Kent Police51.54457.43568.38172.41976.38978,97681.005
Lancashire Police52.50657.87366.94369.54772.46277.48780.669
Leicestershire Police29.12432.63638.41639.91041.58344.64646.644
Lincolnshire Police19.57621.54725.00225.97527.06427.60028.757
Norfolk Police22.53825.34529.97831.14432.45035.55737.586
Northamptonshire Police18.55020.53924.67125.63026.70527.73428.850
North Yorkshire Police22.88625.34529.39830.54131.82133.27034.395
Nottinghamshire Police38.35842.19448.59550.48552.89454.77256.700
Staffordshire Police36.20739.63845.92147.70749.70750.50753.753
Suffolk Police19.62621.67325.56226.55727.67029.19130.519
Surrey Police30.10333.25539.23940.50342.83440.27440.492
Warwickshire Police16.41518.45121.52022.44323.38423.71124.188
Wiltshire Police17.95421.11526.49527.76328.92729.22329.860

1 The figures for the years up to and including 1994–95 have been derived by adding the police SSA elements for the constituent authorities.

2 Figures between years are not strictly comparable because of minor changes in function and boundary changes