Police: Finance

Chris Huhne
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what (a) expenditure on policing and (b) her Department's resource budget allocation for police spending was in each year since 1997-98.

Jacqui Smith
Information on the provision for policing by central Government is set out in the following table.

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|£ million                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |1997-98|1998-99|1999-00|2000-01|2001-02|2002-03|2003-04|2004-05|2005-06|2006-07|2007-08|2008-09|
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|Total police authority net revenue expenditure1                                                                                                                                                                                                              |6,873|7,071|7,446|7,697|8,275|8,592|9,385|9,916|10,164|10,085|10,622|n/a|
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|Home Office police resource grants2                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |3,473|3,649|3,698|3,895|4,354|4,538|4,960|5,061|5,268|5,533|5,764|6,085|
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|Department of Communities and Local Government/Welsh Assembly Government revenue support grant/national non-domestic rates                                                                                                                                   |2,544|2,539|2,634|2,677|2,666|2,815|2,825|2,966|3,120|3,304|3,474|3,570|
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|1 Source: Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy2 Police General Formula Grant and specific resource grantsNote:Year on year figures are not directly comparable due to changes over time in grant policy and recommended accounting practice.|
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