To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to tables 5.2 and 5.3 in his Department’s Annual Report 2008, under what budget headings expenditure under the (a) resource and (b) capital budget in the category police (including grants) has been incurred in 2008-09. (269244)

The category police (including grants) has incurred expenditure under the following budget headings:

Wages and salaries

Purchases and sales of goods and services

Grants to local authorities

Regulatory fees (income)

Grants to the private sector

Depreciation, cost of capital and provisions

Capital additions, net of sales

Capital grants to private sector

Capital grants to local authorities

Budgetary headings are assumed to be the Programme Objects, Sub-Programmes and Account Descriptions as defined by HM Treasury, which inform HM Treasury financial management and reporting processes.