On 19 February 2007 I announced the allocation to police authorities in England and Wales of an additional £25 million of capital for 2006-07, which came from money originally held back for restructuring.
The capital allocations to police authorities for 2007-08 which were announced January 2006 had also been adjusted to take account of money which had been retained centrally for the capital costs associated with police force mergers.
I am pleased to be able to announce today that, as with last year, a further £25 million of capital is now available for distribution to police authorities for 2007-08. 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.
As a consequence of this additional money, the total amount of capital grant allocated to police authorities in 2007-08 will be £195 million.
My officials are writing to police authorities and forces to inform them of this additional grant.
Original Allocation £m Extra £m Total Allocation £m Avon and Somerset Police Authority 3.712 0.554 4.266 Bedfordshire Police Authority 1.567 0.221 1.788 Cambridgeshire Police Authority 1.877 0.270 2.147 Cheshire Police Authority 2.361 0.374 2.735 City of London 1.362 0.190 1.552 Cleveland Police Authority 1.927 0.273 2.200 Cumbria Police Authority 1.364 0.192 1.556 Derbyshire Police Authority 2.305 0.344 2.649 Devon and Cornwall Police Authority 4.125 0.578 4.703 Dorset Police Authority 1.535 0.216 1.751 Durham Police Authority 1.853 0.265 2.118 Dyfed-Powys Police Authority 1.181 0.171 1.352 Essex Police Authority 3.402 0.549 3.951 Gloucestershire Police Authority 1.379 0.196 1.575 Greater Manchester Police Authority 8.645 1.267 9.912 Gwent Police Authority 1.684 0.236 1.920 Hampshire Police Authority 4.243 0.657 4.900 Hertfordshire Police Authority 2.067 0.385 2.452 Humberside Police Authority 2.612 0.369 2.981 Kent Police Authority 3.936 0.600 4.536 Lancashire Police Authority 4.081 0.594 4.675 Leicestershire Police Authority 2.546 0.358 2.904 Lincolnshire Police Authority 1.443 0.206 1.649 Merseyside Police Authority 5.103 0.720 5.823 Metropolitan Police Authority 44.973 6.552 51.525 Norfolk Police Authority 1.984 0.286 2.270 North Wales Police Authority 1.706 0.254 1.960 North Yorkshire Police Authority 1.570 0.249 1.819 Northamptonshire Police Authority 1.563 0.235 1.798 Northumbria Police Authority 4.676 0.703 5.379 Nottinghamshire Police Authority 2.754 0.407 3.161 South Wales Police Authority 3.654 0.513 4.167 South Yorkshire Police Authority 4.021 0.564 4.585 Staffordshire Police Authority 2.555 0.358 2.913 Suffolk Police Authority 1.636 0.231 1.867 Surrey Police Authority 2.163 0.384 2.547 Sussex Police Authority 3.294 0.530 3.824 Thames Valley Police Authority 5.479 0.789 6.268 Warwickshire Police Authority 1.491 0.260 1.751 West Mercia Police Authority 2.725 0.384 3.109 West Midlands Police Authority 9.173 1.344 10.517 West Yorkshire Police Authority 6.758 0.959 7.717 Wiltshire Police Authority 1.515 0.213 1.728 Total 170.000 25.000 195.000 Notes: 1.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. 2. Allocations include Supported Capital Expenditure (Revenue). 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 Supported Capital Expenditure Revenue).