On 18 January 2006, the Home Office informed police authorities and police forces of their allocations of capital grant for 2006-07.
The sums had been adjusted to take account of money which had been retained centrally to pay for the capital costs associated with police force mergers. I am pleased to be able to announce today that a further £25 million of capital is now available for distribution to police authorities. Following a review of Home Office capital pressures a further £25 million originally earmarked for restructuring will not now be distributed to police authorities.
As a consequence of this additional money, the total amount of capital grant allocated to police authorities in 2006-07 will be £220 million. This compares to £210 million in 2005-06, an increase of 4.8 per cent.
A breakdown of the allocation of this additional money is shown in the table attached. The money has been distributed in order to achieve the same outcome as would have been the case if it had been included in the original distribution.
My officials are writing to police authorities and forces to inform them of this additional grant.
Original Allocation Extra Total Allocation £m £m £m Avon and Somerset Police Authority 4.268 0.554 4.821 Bedfordshire Police Authority 1.789 0.221 2.010 Cambridgeshire Police Authority 2.148 0.270 2.417 Cheshire Police Authority 2.737 0.374 3.111 City of London 1.553 0.190 1.744 Cleveland Police Authority 2.201 0.273 2.474 Cumbria Police Authority 1.556 0.192 1.748 Derbyshire Police Authority 2.650 0.344 2.994 Devon and Cornwall Police Authority 4.704 0.578 5.282 Dorset Police Authority 1.753 0.217 1.969 Durham Police Authority 2.118 0.264 2.382 Dyfed-Powys Police Authority 1.352 0.171 1.523 Essex Police Authority 3.952 0.549 4.502 Gloucestershire Police Authority 1.577 0.198 1.775 Greater Manchester Police Authority 9.917 1.267 11.184 Gwent Police Authority 1.920 0.235 2.156 Hampshire Police Authority 4.902 0.657 5.558 Hertfordshire Police Authority 2.453 0.385 2.838 Humberside Police Authority 2.982 0.369 3.351 Kent Police Authority 4.538 0.600 5.138 Lancashire Police Authority 4.678 0.595 5.273 Leicestershire Police Authority 2.906 0.358 3.263 Lincolnshire Police Authority 1.650 0.206 1.856 Merseyside Police Authority 5.825 0.720 6.544 Metropolitan Police Authority 51.547 6.552 58.098 Norfolk Police Authority 2.272 0.287 2.559 North Wales Police Authority 1.960 0.254 2.214 North Yorkshire Police Authority 1.820 0.249 2.069 Northamptonshire Police Authority 1.799 0.235 2.034 Northumbria Police Authority 5.381 0.702 6.084 Nottinghamshire Police Authority 3.163 0.407 3.570 South Wales Police Authority 4.168 0.513 4.681 South Yorkshire Police Authority 4.587 0.564 5.150 Staffordshire Police Authority 2.914 0.358 3.273 Suffolk Police Authority 1.868 0.231 2.099 Surrey Police Authority 2.549 0.384 2.933 Sussex Police Authority 3.827 0.531 4.357 Thames Valley Police Authority 6.270 0.788 7.057 Warwickshire Police Authority 1.752 0.260 2.011 West Mercia Police Authority 3.111 0.385 3.496 West Midlands Police Authority 10.521 1.344 11.865 West Yorkshire Police Authority 7.720 0.959 8.678 Wiltshire Police Authority 1.729 0.213 1.942 Total 195.085 25.000 220.085 NB In line with the revenue grant increase in 2006-07, the capital grant announced in early 2006 was calculated as a flat rate reduction for all (the 2005-06 total was 210 million). The £25 million uplift has been applied similarly. Allocations include SCEs. The £25 million grant increases have been applied to police grant (as they would if full allocation had been possible early in 2006) not to SCEs.