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Passport Fees
34. Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received on passport fees. [69141]
Mr. Mike O'Brien:
The United Kingdom Passport Agency does not keep figures for representations received on passport fees. However, the number of complaints received is minimal. The United Kingdom passport fee is one of the lowest in the world and represents good value for money.
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Mr. Horam:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many parliamentary questions he received from hon. Members about police forces outside London in the calendar year 1998. [69895]
Mr. Boateng:
The Home Department received 139 Parliamentary Questions concerning issues relating to police forces outside London in the calendar year 1998.
Mr. Wigley:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a special allocation of funds, above their normal revenue budgets, to the police and fire services to cover the additional costs arising from the millennium celebrations. [70307]
Mr. Boateng:
The Government's plans allow police spending to increase in 1999-2000 by £186 million (2.7 per cent.) to over £7.1 billion. Police authorities will be able to increase their spending power by achieving the 2 per cent. efficiency target which has been set and re-investing the savings in front-line policing. It is the Government's general expectation that the additional costs arising from millennium celebrations should be met from within police budgets.
Central Government revenue support for the fire service in England is provided through the revenue support grant system. Funding pressures for the fire service in England and Wales, including those which may result from the Millennium, were identified by the local authorities' Fire Service Expenditure Forecasting Group under the Central Local Partnership arrangements. These pressures were taken into account in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
Mr. Beith:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the expenditure on his Department's drugs prevention initiatives, in cash and real terms, in each of the last three years; what is the planned cash and real terms spending in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement. [70324]
Mr. George Howarth:
Home Office expenditure on the Drugs Prevention Initiative and its successor body, the Drugs Prevention Advisory Service, over the period is as follows:
£ million
| Cash | Real terms
| 1996-87 | 5.9 | 6.2
| 1997-98 | 6.0 | 6.1
| 1998-99(44) | 5.8 | 5.8
| 1999-2000 | 6.3 | 6.1
| 2000-01 | 6.3 | 6.0
| 2001-02 | 6.3 | 5.9
| |
(44) Estimated
In addition, from 1999-2000 the Home Office Drugs Prevention Advisory Service will disburse Drug Action Team Development funding, on behalf of the United Kingdom Anti Drugs Co-ordination Unit. This funding, of £5 million in each year, is provided on a shared basis
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by the Home Office, the Department of Health, the Department for Education and Employment and Customs and Excise.
Mr. Beith:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total expenditure on police overtime in each of the last three years, per police force, and in total; what are the rates for (a) overtime pay and (b) standard pay; and if he will make a statement. [70323]
Mr. Boateng:
Information is not held centrally on the total expenditure on police overtime and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The provisions for determining police officers' rates of pay for overtime are contained in Regulation 28 of the Police Regulations 1995. The standard rates of pay are:
| Pay point | Annual salary with effect from 1 September 1998 (£) | London salaries | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Constable | |||
| On commencing service | 1 | 16,056 | -- |
| On completion of initial training perid | 2 | 17,964 | -- |
| On completion of 2 years' satisfactory service | 3 | 19,029 | -- |
| 4 | 19,533 | -- | |
| 5 | 20,211 | -- | |
| 6 | 20,859 | -- | |
| 7 | 21,540 | -- | |
| 8 | 22,161 | -- | |
| 9 | 22,722 | -- | |
| 10 | 23,460 | -- | |
| 11 | 24,321 | -- | |
| 12 | 25,410 | -- | |
| Sergeant | 1 | 24,525 | -- |
| 2 | 25,410 | -- | |
| 3 | 26,295 | -- | |
| 4 | 27,189 | -- | |
| 5 | 27,774 | -- | |
| 6 | 28,605 | -- | |
| Inspector and Chief Inspector | 1 | 31,719 | 33,171 |
| 2 | 32,655 | 34,104 | |
| 3 | 33,588 | 35,037 | |
| 4 | 34,518 | 35,970 | |
| First Chief Inspector point | 5 | 35,454 | 36,909 |
| 6 | 36,183 | 37,638 | |
| 7 | 36,918 | 38,370 | |
| (45)-- | 37,650 | 39,102 | |
| (45)-- | 38,307 | 39,759 | |
| Superintendent | 1 | (46)41,484 | -- |
| 2 | 42,783 | -- | |
| 3 | 44,085 | -- | |
| 4 | 45,387 | -- | |
| 5 | 46,833 | -- | |
| 6 | (47)48,390 | -- | |
| 7 | 49,236 | -- | |
| 8 | 50,310 | -- | |
| 9 | 51,495 | -- |
(45) Only applicable to those chief inspectors who were at the penultimate and maximum point of the scale on 31 August 1994
(46) Min. of Range 1
(47) Max. of Range 1 and min. of Range 2
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| Officers appointed on a fixed term basis | Officers not appointed on a fixed term basis | |
|---|---|---|
| with effect from 1 September 1998 (£) | with effect from 1 September 1998 (£) | |
| Assistant Chief Constable | 62,259-71,466 | 59,292-68,064 |
| Designated deputies ACC (D) | 80 per cent. of the basic salary of their chief or £71,466, whichever is higher | 80 per cent. of the basic salary of their chief or £68,064, whichever is higher |
| Chief Constable | ||
| Population band | ||
| up to 500,000 | 74,616-85,335 | 71,058-81,267 |
| 500,001-1,000,000 | 78,432-92,232 | 74,700-87,840 |
| 1,000,001-2,000,000 | 85,335-99,129 | 81,267-94,410 |
| Over 2,000,000 | 94,434-106,569 | 90,036-101,613 |
| Chief Constables of Greater Manchester, Strathclyde and West Midlands | 97,848-110,430 | 93,297-105,291 |
| Metropolitan Police | ||
| Commander | 62,259-71,466 | 59,292-68,064 |
| Designated Commander | 80 per cent. of the basic salary of Assistant Commissioner | 80 per cent of the basic salary of Assistant Commissioner |
| Assistant Commissioner | 93,945-99,129 | 90,036-94,410 |
| Deputy Commissioner | 104,682-112,509 | 99,570-107,016 |
| City of London | ||
| Commissioner | 85,335-99,129 | 81,267-94,410 |
| Assistant Commissioner | 80 per cent. of the basic salary of Commissioner or 71,466 whichever is higher | 80 per cent. of the basic salary of Commissioner or 68.064 whichever is higher |
Speeding Fines
Mr. Opik: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how much was raised from speeding fines in each Policy Authority area in Wales in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement; [70336]
- (2) how much revenue was raised from speeding fines in the UK in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement; [70335]
(3) how much was raised from speeding fines in each county of Wales in 1997-98; what was the average per county; and if he will make a statement; [70333]
(4) what percentage of revenue raised from speeding fines related to speeding offences caught on cameras in 1997-98; and if he will make a statement. [70334]
Mr. Boateng: Information on the amount of revenue raised from speeding fines is not available.
However, information available to me shows that the amounts shown in the table were ordered to be paid in fines in England and Wales and for the four Welsh police forces. Information by individual Welsh county is not readily available, nor is a breakdown to show which fines
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had been ordered to be paid following speeding offences detected by automatic camera. Figures are not yet available for 1998, and those for 1997 are provisional.
| Total amount ordered to be paid in fines for speeding offences | Number of fixed penalty notices issued for speeding offences | |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | ||
| Dyfed-Powys | 54 | 4,664 |
| Gwent | 175 | 3,400 |
| North Wales | 148 | 6,302 |
| South Wales | 84 | 4,548 |
| Total England and Wales | 12,475 | 394,758 |
| 1994 | ||
| Dyfed-Powys | 54 | 5,275 |
| Gwent | 148 | 2,251 |
| North Wales | 154 | 6,548 |
| South Wales | 79 | 4,162 |
| Total England and Wales | 11,676 | 472,470 |
| 1995 | ||
| Dyfed-Powys | 60 | 5,823 |
| Gwent | 120 | 2,610 |
| North Wales | 142 | 8,143 |
| South Wales | 71 | 4,191 |
| Total England and Wales | 12,512 | 530,172 |
| 1996 | ||
| Dyfed-Powys | 90 | 3,681 |
| Gwent | 258 | 4,286 |
| North Wales | 166 | 8,833 |
| South Wales | 95 | 11,161 |
| Total England and Wales | 12,904 | 595,052 |
| 1997 (provisional) | ||
| Dyfed-Powys | 95 | 6,708 |
| Gwent | 372 | 5,263 |
| North Wales | 163 | 9,145 |
| South Wales | 233 | 22,227 |
| Total England and Wales | 15,523 | 712,324 |
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