Hansard

Policing

Volume 454: debated on Wednesday 6 December 2006

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Sir Gerald Kaufman

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the Government expenditure on policing was in (a) England and Wales, (b) the North West, (c) Greater Manchester and (d) Manchester, Gorton constituency in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) 2005-06; and what the percentage change was in real terms for each figure over that period. (106382)

John Reid

The Government allocates funding to police authorities. The allocation of resources to Manchester Gorton is a matter for the chief constable and Greater Manchester police authority.

The information requested that is available is set out in the table.

Total Government grants 1996-97 and 2005-06

1996-97

2005-061(£ million)

Real change (percentage)

England and Wales2, 3

6135

10065

32.1

North-West Region4

807

1096

9.3

Greater Manchester

316

447

13.9

1 2005-06 figures are adjusted following the 2003-04 Amending Report.

2 Figures for England and Wales include Police Home Office grant, RSG/NNDR, Specific grants, capital grant and support and central spending. In 2005-06 this expanded to include Counter Terrorism, International and organised crime funding.

3 Excluded RSG/NNDR for the City of London that is provided to the corporation in respect of all its services.

4 North-west Region includes Cheshire, Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside.