The costs were as follows:
Region 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 North East 774,564 829,290 825,850 Yorkshire 699,675 768,683 767,205 East Midlands 792,948 880,039 828,087 East 701,932 862,778 793,141 London 846,095 1,025,970 1,052,293 South East 871,171 937,940 797,033 South West 882,430 890,032 845,956 West Midlands 749,063 857,871 844,785 North West 823,453 988,692 877,793 Total 7,141,330 8,041,296 7,632,143 1 Includes salary, overtime, healthy life style benefits, employers pension and NI