To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how he plans to allocate police grant in 1996–97. [13101]
I yesterday laid before the House the police grant report (England and Wales) 1996–97. This should be read in conjunction with, for England, the Local government finance report, the special grant report (No. 16) and, for Wales, with the information laid before the House this afternoon by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.The police grant report includes the allocation of funding for the 5,000 extra officers announced by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister.Funding figures for each police authority are set out in the table:
| £ million | ||
| Police force area | 1995–96 funding1 | 1996–97 funding1 |
| English Shire Forces | ||
| Avon and Somerset | 147.8 | 154.6 |
| Bedfordshire | 55.4 | 57.3 |
| Cambridgeshire | 62.7 | 66.4 |
| Cheshire | 93.1 | 98.5 |
| Cleveland | 70.7 | 73.3 |
| Cumbria | 54.3 | 57.1 |
| Derbyshire | 88.3 | 92.5 |
| Devon and Cornwall | 146.5 | 153.4 |
| Dorset | 62.6 | 64.9 |
| Durham | 68.0 | 71.5 |
| Essex | 146.7 | 151.7 |
| Gloucestershire | 56.3 | 58.5 |
| Hampshire | 169.0 | 175.3 |
| Hertfordshire | 87.0 | 89.9 |
| Humberside | 98.1 | 103.1 |
| Kent | 158.1 | 163.9 |
| Lancashire | 155.5 | 163.5 |
| Leicestershire | 89.9 | 94.8 |
| Lincolnshire | 57.1 | 59.0 |
| Norfolk | 71.2 | 76.0 |
| Northamptonshire | 55.8 | 58.4 |
| North Yorkshire | 66.7 | 69.7 |
| Nottinghamshire | 110.2 | 115.2 |
| Staffordshire | 101.2 | 108.9 |
| Suffolk | 58.5 | 61.7 |
| Surrey | 85.1 | 88.0 |
| Sussex | 145.8 | 151.1 |
| Thames Valley | 192.8 | 202.6 |
| Warwickshire | 47.7 | 49.2 |
| West Mercia | 97.8 | 103.5 |
| Wiltshire | 58.7 | 60.7 |
| English Metropolitan Forces | ||
| Greater Manchester | 327.1 | 342.5 |
| Merseyside | 215.0 | 221.9 |
| Northumbria | 179.6 | 188.2 |
| South Yorkshire | 147.2 | 154.7 |
| West Midlands | 329.3 | 344.0 |
| West Yorkshire | 249.8 | 260.9 |
£ million
| ||
Police force area
| 1995–96 funding1
| 1996–97 funding1
|
London Forces
| ||
| Metrpolitan Police2 | 1,628.7 | 1,649.6 |
| City of London3 | 57.3 | 59.1 |
| English Total | 6,092.6 | 6,314.9 |
Welsh Forces
| ||
| Dyfed-Powys | 46.3 | 458.6 |
| Gwent4 | 60.1 | 62.8 |
| North Wales | 66.0 | 69.3 |
| South Wales4 | 143.4 | 151.1 |
| Welsh Total | 315.8 | 331.7 |
| Total | 6,408.4 | 6,646.7 |
1Includes SSA, Police Grant and Special (SSA) Reduction) Grant (Police Funding Review). Figure are rounded to the nearest £100,000. | ||
2Figure for the Metropolitan Police does not include funding allocated to the Receiver under the Other Services Block SSA for school crossing patrols, Magistrates' Courts and the Probation Service. | ||
3Figure for the City does not include Capital Financing and Other Services Block SSAs which are allocated to the Common Council of the City of London as a whole in respect of all its functions. | ||
4Figures for South Wales and Gwent police authorities have been adjusted to show what they would have received in 1995–96 had the transfer of the Rhymney Valley from South Wales to Gwent, due to take effect on 1 April 1996, been effective for 1995–96. These adjustments enable valid comparisons to be made between these forces' allocations for 1995–96 and 1996–97. | ||