The information requested is set out in the following table.
Total Government grants2,3(£ million) Annual change in total grants(percentage) 2005-06 468.85 5.9 2005-061 468.02 — 2006-07 491.77 5.1 2007-08 516.83 5.1 1 Adjusted for comparison purposes following the transfer of pensions and security funding from general grant in 2006/07. 2 Total Government grant comprises: Home Office police grant, Department for Communities and Local Government revenue support grant and national non-domestic rates; special formula grant; specific grants: crime fighting fund, basic command unit funding, community support officer funding, neighbourhood policing fund and capital grant. 3 The minimum increase in general grant for all police authorities was 3.75 per cent. in 2005-06. The increase for West Midlands Police Authority was 6.81 per cent. In 2006-07 and 2007-08 there was a broadly flat rate increase for all police authorities of 3.1 per cent. and 3.6 per cent. respectively. West Midlands received increases of 3.4 per cent. and 3.8 per cent. respectively.