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24.
Mrs. Ballard
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the resources made available to Avon and Somerset Police Authority. [30362]
Mr. Michael
Avon and Somerset Police Authority will have a total spending power of £167.4 million in 1998–99, an increase of £6.1 million or 3.8 per cent. over 1997–98. This is slightly higher than the national average increase of 3.7 per cent., and is a healthy rise at a time of public expenditure constraint.