Information is set out in the following table.
We do not distribute grant to police authorities purely on the basis of population. The police funding formula uses a range of data relating to demographic and social characteristics to reflect the relative needs of each authority. Grant allocations also take into account the relative tax base of each authority. Grant allocations are stabilised by damping to limit year-on-year variations.
2007-08 Government grant 1, 2, 3 Council tax requirement Resident population Avon and Somerset 184.21 80.39 1.55 Bedfordshire 76.21 24.75 0.59 Cambridgeshire 85.58 39.40 0.76 Cheshire 136.12 42.56 1.00 Cleveland 105.29 26.50 0.55 Cumbria 72 29 29.89 0.49 Derbyshire 119.81 45.63 0.99 Devon and Cornwall 199.38 78.64 1.65 Dorset 82.66 45.35 0.71 Durham 97.68 25.11 0.5$ Dyfed-Powys 34.17 31.80 0.51 Essex 187.91 73.23 1.66 Gloucestershire 71.35 38.92 0.58 Greater Manchester 484.16 90.79 2.55 Gwent 45.70 32.00 0.56 Hampshire 221.75 84.04 1.83 Hertfordshire 127.33 56.62 1.06 Humberside 134.90 42.23 0.89 Kent 219.23 75.16 1.65 Lancashire 215.90 58.56 1.44 Leicestershire 126.03 42.95 0.96 Lincolnshire 72.47 29.71 0.70 Merseyside 287.30 54.15 1.36 Metropolitan4 2,115.40 648.96 7.56 Norfolk 102.25 47.44 0.84 North Wales 50.28 48.49 0.68 North Yorkshire 79.39 54.18 0.77 Northamptonshire 78.53 38.23 0.66 Northumbria 260.01 31.90 1.39 Nottinghamshire 145.55 45.00 1.04 South Wales 94.82 59.93 1.23 South Yorkshire 211.15 44.71 1.28 Staffordshire 126.77 56.40 1.05 Suffolk 75.57 34.08 0.70 Surrey 110.12 83.21 1.08 Sussex 189.14 75.64 1.54 Thames Valley 261.98 117.82 2.15 Warwickshire 56.91 28.59 0.53 West Mercia 131.49 67.95 1.19 West Midlands 487.88 71.58 2.59 West Yorkshire 348.95 77.82 2.13 Wiltshire 73.03 33.64 0.64 England and Wales Total 6,271.23 2,813.97 53.68 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 ail specific grants. 2 Welsh Government Grant includes Home Office Police Grant, floor funding and additional support provided to ensure Welsh Police Authorities receive at least a minimum increase in grant in line with English Authorities. 3 The data for Metropolitan Police Authority from 2000-01 onwards is not available from DCLG as they are collected as consolidated data from GLA. Data used is compiled from Home Office data for allocated grants. 4 2007-08 Government grant figures are budget figures. Source: Government grant and council tax requirement figures: DCLG - from English police authorities/WAG - from Welsh police authorities. Population data supplied by DCLG from ONS.