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Staffordshire Police Authority: Finance

Volume 472: debated on Thursday 21 February 2008

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Mr. Jenkins

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how much the precept set by Staffordshire Police Authority is for 2008-09; and at what rate it will be levied on local householders; (186786)

(2) how much Staffordshire Police Authority has received from central funds in each of the last 10 years.

Mr. McNulty

Government grants since 1997-98 to Staffordshire police authority are set out in the following table.

Staffordshire police authority has increased its police precept for 2008-09 by 3.75 per cent.

Staffordshire police authority central funding since 1997-98

Government grant1 (£ million)

1997-98

96.15

1998-99

95.09

1999-2000

96.27

2000-01

100.13

2001-02

105.23

2002-03

106.36

2003-04

112.87

2004-05

117.62

2005-062

122.43

2006-073

122.05

2007-08

126.77

1 Revenue funding includes all grants inside Aggregate External Finance (AEF) (i.e. revenue grants paid for councils’ core services), and includes formula grant and all specific grants.

2 In 2005-06 figures were adjusted for comparison purposes following the transfer of pensions and security funding from general grant in 2006-07.

3 2006-07 Government grant figures are provisional outturn figures. 2007-08 figures are budget figures.

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DCLG