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Police Authority Costs
Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate asked Her Majesty's Government:
- Over the last five years, what proportion of the police fund in each police area was used annually by the police authority to service the needs of that police authority; and on what it was spent.[HL4742]
Lord Bassam of Brighton: Police authority costs as a proportion of police net expenditure are set out in the table below. Generally, they cover democratic representation, staffing and other costs including audit charges and lay visiting. Further information on each police authority's costs is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
| 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | |
| Force | % | % | % | % | % |
| Avon and Somerset | n/a | n/a | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Bedfordshire | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Cambridgeshire | n/a | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Cheshire | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| City of London | 0.0 | n/a | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Cleveland | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Cumbria | n/a | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Derbyshire | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Devon and Cornwall | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Dorset | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Durham | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Dyfed-Powys | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Essex | n/a | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Gloucestershire | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Greater Manchester | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Gwent | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Hampshire | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Herefordshire | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Humberside | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Kent | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Lancashire | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Leicestershire | 0.2 | n/a | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Lincolnshire | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
| Merseyside | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Metropolitan Police | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Norfolk | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Northamptonshire | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Northumbria | n/a | n/a | 0.8 | n/a | 0.0 |
| North Wales | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| North Yorkshire | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| Nottinghamshire | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| South Wales | 0.2 | n/a | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| South Yorkshire | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.9 |
| Staffordshire | n/a | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Suffolk | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Surrey | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Sussex | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Thames Valley | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| Warwickshire | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| West Mercia | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| West Midlands | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| West Yorkshire | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Wiltshire | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Total | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
Notes:
Source: The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy.
Police Statistics 1995-96 to 1999-2000 Actuals.
Figures are rounded to one decimal point.
n/a--Not available.
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