I have today placed in the Library a copy of the Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2007-08 (HC 207). The report sets out my determination for 2007-08 of the aggregate amount of grants that I propose to pay under section 46(2) of the Police Act 1996, and the amount to be paid to the Greater London authority for the Metropolitan Police Authority.
General grant allocations, which include Home Office police grant and revenue support grant from the Department for Communities and Local Government and Welsh Assembly Government, for each police authority for 2007-08 are set out in the table.
Police Authority 2006-07 Formula Allocation1 2007-08 Formula Allocation1 Change on 2006-07 Formula Allocation £m £m % English Shire Forces Avon and Somerset 161.8 167.9 3.8% Bedfordshire 64.0 66.4 3.7% Cambridgeshire 73.8 76.5 3.7% Cheshire 110.8 114.8 3.6% Cleveland 89.8 93.0 3.6% Cumbria 61.8 64.0 3.6% Derbyshire 102.0 105.8 3.7% Devon and Cornwall 171.4 177.5 3.6% Dorset 60.0 62.2 3.6% Durham 84.0 87.0 3.6% Essex 162.6 168.5 3.6% Gloucestershire 54.5 56.5 3.6% Hampshire 190.4 197.3 3.6% Hertfordshire 110.4 114.4 3.7% Humberside 117.8 122.0 3.6% Kent 176.2 182.6 3.6% Lancashire 187.0 193.7 3.6% Leicestershire 107.5 111.5 3.7% Lincolnshire 58.3 60.5 3.7% Norfolk 80.5 83.4 3.6% North Yorkshire 70.5 73.0 3.6% Northamptonshire 69.2 71.7 3.6% Nottinghamshire 127.8 132.5 3.7% Staffordshire 110.3 114.3 3.6% Suffolk 65.2 67.6 3.6% Surrey 93.6 97.0 3.6% Sussex 156.1 161.7 3.6% Thames Valley 217.9 225.9 3.7% Warwickshire 49.7 51.5 3.7% West Mercia 112.0 116.0 3.6% Wiltshire 59.9 62.0 3.6% Shires Total 3356.6 3478.6 3.6% English Metropolitan Forces Greater Manchester 417.4 432.7 3.7% Merseyside 245.0 253.8 3.6% Northumbria 229.7 238.0 3.6% South Yorkshire 187.5 194.3 3.6% West Midlands 433.6 450.2 3.8% West Yorkshire 306.2 317.6 3.7% Mets Total 1819.4 1886.5 3.7% London Forces GLA – Police 1818.3 1883.7 3.6% City of London2 21.8 22.8 N/A London Total 1840.1 1906.5 N/A English Total 7016.1 7271.6 3.6% Welsh Forces Dyfed-Powys3 50.0 51.8 3.6% Gwent3 75.9 78.7 3.6% North Wales3 73.7 76.3 3.6% South Wales3 166.1 172.2 3.6% Welsh Total 365.7 379.0 3.6% Total 7381.8 7650.6 3.6% 1. Rounded to the nearest £100,000. Grant as calculated under the Local Government Finance Report (England) and Local Government Finance (Police) Report (Wales). This includes the Metropolitan Police special payment, and the effects of floors. 2. Figures for the City of London relate to Home Office Grant only as calculated in the Police Grant Report (England and Wales). Revenue Support Grant is allocated to the Common Council of the City of London as a whole in respect of all its functions. The City is grouped with education authorities for the purposes of floors. 3. Welsh figures include Home Office floor funding (£12.9 million). Grant provision under the principal formula for police authorities in Wales is varied to ensure that South Wales Police Authority will receive in principal formula and local authority general grants the same increase as that applicable to police authorities in England. A sum equal to the reduction for South Wales is allocated to Dyfed Powys, Gwent and North Wales Police Authorities.