asked Her Majesty's Government:
What plans they have to initiate discussion on the merger of police forces in the United Kingdom. [HL759]
The Secretary of State for the Home Department announced on 19 June that it was not his intention to proceed with the laying of orders to require the mergers of police forces.
asked Her Majesty's Government:
What was the cost for each of the police authorities in preparing the proposals and responses to the recent unsuccessful police merger plans. [HL760]
The amounts claimed at the Home Office's invitation for additional costs incurred on police merger planning and the amounts offered as a contribution towards those costs are set out in the attached table. My honourable friend the Minister of State for Policing, Security and Community Safety (Tony McNulty) provided these through a Written Ministerial Statement on 30 October 2006 in another place.
PoliceAuthority Amount Sought Payment to be made Bedfordshire £23,430 £23,430 Cambridgeshire £242,714 £100,000 Cheshire £339,767 £100,000 City £- £- Cleveland £189,986 £100,000 Cumbria £271,000 £271,000 Derbyshire £58,469 £35,782* Dorset (for the 5 SW forces) £140,836 £140,836 Durham £67,155 £67,155 Dyfed-Powys £225,891 £100,000 Essex £169,870 £100,000 GMP £75,810 £75,810 Gwent £96,467 £96,467 Hampshire £11,495 £11,495 Hertfordshire £144,327 £100,000 Humberside £119,730 £100,000 Kent £152,042 £100,000 Lancashire £725,000 £725,000 Leicestershire £37,232 £37,232 Lincolnshire £287,600 £287,600 Merseyside £266,357 £100,000 Metropolitan £- £- Norfolk £135,729 £100,000 North Wales £245,020 £100,000 North Yorkshire £167,808 £100,000 Northamptonshire £85,800 £85,800 Northumbria £38,021 £38,021 Nottinghamshire £46,200 £46,200 South Wales £326,944 £100,000 South Yorkshire £30,652 £30,652 Staffordshire £56,317 £56,317 Suffolk £45,483 £45,483 Surrey £649,311 £100,000 Sussex £519,879 £100,000 Thames Valley £33,860 £33,860 Warwickshire £174,608 £100,000 West Mercia £89,061 £89,061 West Midlands £117,591 £100,000 West Yorkshire £104,569 £100,000 Total £6,512,030 £3,997,200 * Legal costs of Judicial Review proceedings against the Home Office excluded.