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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many special constables there were in each police force area in each year since 1997.

Asked by

Caroline Spelman (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

16 March 2006

For answer on

20 March 2006

Answered on

23 March 2006

The information is set out in the following table. Data on special constabulary numbers is published annually in Home Office Statistical Bulletins on police strength in England and Wales, which are available in the Library. Figures for March 2006 will be published later this year.

The total strength for special constables by police force area (1997—2005)⁽⁵⁸⁾
	March
Police force area	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Avon and Somerset	759	621	547	459	400	364	345	305	396
Bedfordshire	182	186	154	151	115	118	98	146	209
Cambridgeshire	303	320	310	274	218	207	189	193	199
Cheshire	475	459	407	350	290	191	161	173	192
Cleveland	160	164	126	128	93	85	102	85	66
Cumbria	189	198	204	176	156	102	94	77	126
Derbyshire	428	380	317	282	275	260	249	301	369
Devon and Cornwall	1,148	1,024	918	870	804	689	645	602	582
Dorset	289	315	305	298	267	253	214	210	230
Durham	184	144	159	157	146	134	94	81	91
Essex	634	638	544	483	445	381	371	349	363
Gloucestershire	297	276	233	206	183	154	157	155	146
Greater Manchester	685	598	523	457	367	338	340	345	380
Hampshire	621	698	760	615	462	444	373	346	369
Hertfordshire	297	306	238	216	198	206	193	206	226
Humberside	340	324	269	246	212	207	157	209	328
Kent	589	592	526	436	392	327	286	341	338
Lancashire	483	489	449	382	360	363	351	336	319
Leicestershire	415	406	316	247	162	143	149	159	181
Lincolnshire	271	260	216	195	166	155	139	156	179
London, City of	86	76	64	56	43	36	42	54	52
Merseyside	401	419	458	476	541	468	503	371	259
Metropolitan Police	1,714	1,282	1,138	758	774	680	692	742	697
Norfolk	402	337	336	285	259	244	239	241	253
Northamptonshire	316	288	230	199	188	177	189	197	242
Northumbria	533	400	342	332	300	256	221	169	240
North Yorkshire	362	358	276	217	182	185	177	160	173
Nottinghamshire	620	558	461	411	335	341	261	295	333
South Yorkshire	308	281	246	205	188	206	204	200	204
Staffordshire	685	595	468	482	402	384	391	376	409
Suffolk	379	397	420	391	349	308	275	266	267
Surrey	297	235	224	175	149	187	212	255	289
Sussex	472	442	393	352	306	306	303	181	200
Thames Valley	656	609	569	472	418	356	369	341	375
Warwickshire	381	345	261	260	221	209	190	169	190
West Mercia	582	512	515	476	399	339	309	280	263
West Midlands	945	889	731	680	617	598	637	715	959
West Yorkshire	690	589	559	484	415	349	374	403	417
Wiltshire	154	149	184	173	152	147	154	169	174
Dyfed-Powys	283	254	237	202	191	157	152	151	167
Gwent	157	119	113	119	137	142	130	136	144
North Wales	341	358	400	247	207	125	133	124	124
South Wales	361	366	338	267	254	277	173	218	198
Total 43 forces in England and Wale	19,874	18,256	16,484	14,347	12,738	11,598	11,037	10,988	11,918
⁽⁵⁸⁾ Total strength is based on headcount figures.

Date

23 March 2006

Reference

60104; 444 c614-6W;444 c614-6W

House

House of Commons

Park Police (Newham)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations his Department has received on the activities of Newham Council's Park Police.

Asked by

Caroline Spelman (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 February 2006

Reference

443 c94W;443 c94W; 33122

House

House of Commons

Basic Command Units

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answer of 29 November 2005, Official Report, column 428W, on the basic command unit boundaries, whether the table is based upon (a) 2003–04 and (b) 2004–05 basic command units.

Asked by

Caroline Spelman (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 February 2006

Reference

48152; 442 c1431W;442 c1431W

House

House of Commons

Council Tax Valuation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether an individual prosecuted in the magistrates court for intentionally delaying or obstructing a Valuation Office Agency representative conducting a council tax valuation inspection would receive a criminal record if convicted.

Asked by

Caroline Spelman (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 December 2005

Reference

440 c1106W;440 c1106W; 33118

House

House of Commons

Violent Offences (Licensed Premises)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many violent offences were committed in connection with licensed premises in each year since 2002–03, broken down by (a) crime and disorder reduction partnership area and (b) basic command unit area.

Asked by

Caroline Spelman (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 December 2005

Reference

440 c1113W;440 c1113W; 33121

House

House of Commons

Basic Command Units

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which local authority wards are within each basic command unit in England and Wales.

Asked by

Caroline Spelman (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

29 November 2005

Reference

17500; 440 c428W;440 c428W

House

House of Commons

Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many recorded offences of (a) violence against the person, (b) sexual offences, (c) violent crime as a whole, (d) burglary, (e) robbery, (f) theft of a vehicle and (g) theft from a vehicle there were in each crime and...

Asked by

Caroline Spelman (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 November 2005

Reference

439 c1919W;439 c1920W; 22406

House

House of Commons

Police

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what boundaries the Government will use for the restructuring of police forces; and what assessment he has made of the merits of using Government office regions as the basis for the reorganisation.

Asked by

Caroline Spelman (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 November 2005

Reference

26944; 439 c1428W;439 c1432W

House

House of Commons

Crime Detection Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the crime detection rates for (a) violence against the person, (b) sexual offences, (c) robberies, (d) burglaries, (e) theft of a vehicle and (f) theft from a vehicle, were in each of the basic command unit areas that cover...

Asked by

Caroline Spelman (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

20 July 2005

For answer on

10 October 2005

Answered on

12 September 2005

The available information is given in the tables. Data at Basic Command Unit level is only available from 1999–2000. It is estimated that the effect of the introduction nationally of the National Crime Recording Standard (NCRS) in April 2002 was a 23 per cent. increase in recorded violence against the person in its first year. This will also have impacted on detection rates. The introduction of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in May 2004 resulted in substantial changes to the sexual offences. This means that figures for 2004–05 are not comparable with those for previous years.

Table 1: Percentage of offences detected in the basic command units covering the Birmingham area 1999–2000 to 2001–02 Percentage detected
Period	Violenceagainst the person	Sexual offences	Robbery	Burglaryin a dwelling	Theftof a vehicle	Theftfrom a vehicle
1999–2000	72	56	15	16	11	6
2000–01	70	51	18	15	12	6
2001–02	69	n/a	18	18	16	6
Notes: 1. The data in this table is prior to the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for later years. 2. n/a = Not available.

Table 2: Percentage of offences detected in the basic command units covering the Birmingham area 2002–03 to 2004–05 Percentage detected
Period	Violenceagainst the person	Sexual offences	Robbery	Burglaryin a dwelling	Theftof a vehicle	Theftfrom a vehicle
2002–03	56	41	21	18	16	8
2003–04	48	38	22	20	16	8
2004–05	43	29	21	11	10	5
⁽³⁰⁾ The data in this table takes account of the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for earlier years.
⁽³¹⁾ The introduction of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in May 2004 resulted in substantial changes to the sexual offences. This means that figures for 2004–05 are not comparable with those for previous years.

Table 3: Percentage of offences detected in the Solihull basic command unit 1999–2000 to 2001–02 Percentage detected
Period	Violenceagainst the person	Sexual offences	Robbery	Burglaryin a dwelling	Theftof a vehicle	Theftfrom a vehicle
1999–2000	73	54	25	21	23	9
2000–01	72	64	31	15	17	10
2001–02	71	n/a	20	23	22	9
Notes: 1. The data in this table is prior to the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for later years. 2. n/a = Not available.

Table 4: Percentage of offences detected in the Solihull basic command unit 2002–03 to 2004–05 Percentage detected
Period	Violenceagainst the person	Sexual offences	Robbery	Burglaryin a dwelling	Theftof a vehicle	Theftfrom a vehicle
2002–03	60	47	23	16	23	8
2003–04	49	32	21	17	18	6
2004–05	43	24	18	8	12	2
⁽³²⁾ The data in this table takes account of the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for earlier years.
⁽³³⁾ The introduction of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in May 2004 resulted in substantial changes to the sexual offences. This means that figures for 2004–05 are not comparable with those for previous years.

Date

12 September 2005

Reference

15210; 436 c2537-40W;436 c2563-6W

House

House of Commons

Antisocial Behaviour

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state how many antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) have been issued in (a) Birmingham and (b) Solihull in each year since the creation of ASBOs.

Asked by

Caroline Spelman (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

20 July 2005

For answer on

10 October 2005

Answered on

12 September 2005

The available information is given in the table.

Number of ASBOs applied for and issued, as notified to the Home Office, where restrictions are imposed within specific local authority areas from 1 April 1999 to 31 December 2004(latest available)⁽¹⁸⁾
Area/year	Total ASBOs issued on application/on conviction
Birmingham city council
1 April 1999 to 31 May 2000	—
1 June 2000 to 31 December 2000	3
1 January 2001 to 31 December 2001	13
1 January 2002 to 31 December 2002	10
1 January 2003 to 31 December 2003	25
1 January 2004 to 31 December 2004	72
Total	123

Solihull metropolitan borough council
1 April 1999 to 31 May 2000	—
1 June 2000 to 31 December 2000	0
1 January 2001 to 31 December 2001	0
1 January 2002 to 31 December 2002	1
1 January 2003 to 31 December 2003	5
1 January 2004 to 31 December 2004	17
Total	23
⁽¹⁸⁾ ASBOs introduced from 1 April 1999 under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.
⁽¹⁹⁾ Between 1 April 1999 to 31 May 2000 data were collected on aggregate numbers only by police force area (pfa). 11 ASBOs were issued within the West Midlands pfa within this period.
⁽²⁰⁾ Not known
⁽²¹⁾ Includes 25 orders where restrictions include the whole of England and Wales and four orders which include the whole of the West Midlands.
⁽²²⁾ Includes two orders where restrictions include the whole of England and Wales and one order which includes the whole of the West Midlands.

Date

12 September 2005

Reference

15211; 436 c2515W;436 c2541W

House

House of Commons

Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish figures for the number of recorded offences of (a) violence against the person, (b) sexual offences, (c) robberies, (d) burglaries, (e) theft of a vehicle, (f) theft from a vehicle in (i) Birmingham and (ii) Solihull...

Asked by

Caroline Spelman (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

20 July 2005

For answer on

10 October 2005

Answered on

12 September 2005

The available information is given in the tables. Data at Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership area level is only available from 1999–2000. The National Crime Recording Standard (NCRS) was introduced on one April 2002 and figures before and after that date are not directly comparable. It is estimated that the effect of the introduction nationally of the NCRS was a 23 percent. increase in recorded violence against the person in its first year.The introduction of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in May 2004 resulted in substantial changes in the sexual offences group which mean that figures for 2004–05 are not comparable with those for previous years.

Table 1: Recorded offences in the Birmingham Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership area—1999–2000 to 2001–02 Number of offences
Period	Violenceagainst the person	Sexual offences	Robbery	Burglaryin a dwelling	Theftof a vehicle	Theftfrom a vehicle
1999–2000	16,723	931	6,375	15,793	14,461	19,851
2000–01	19,854	1,061	6,835	13,770	12,021	17,075
2001–02	23,137	1,362	7,915	14,314	11,012	16,687
Note: The data in this table is prior to the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for later years.

Table 2: Recorded offences in the Birmingham Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership area—2002–03 to 2004–05 Number of offences
Period	Violenceagainst the person	Sexual offences	Robbery	Burglaryin a dwelling	Theftof a vehicle	Theftfrom a vehicle
2002–03	22,002	1,340	5,976	11,811	10,244	15,745
2003–04	23,903	1,377	6,164	12,170	9,811	13,949
2004–05	24,036	1,446	5,135	8,250	7,248	10,583
Note: The data in this table takes account of the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for earlier years.

Table 3: Recorded offences in the Solihull Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership area—1999–2000 to 2001–02 Number of offences
Period	Violenceagainst the person	Sexual offences	Robbery	Burglaryin a dwelling	Theftof a vehicle	Theftfrom a vehicle
1999–2000	2,225	105	324	1,904	1,850	3,658
2000–01	2,543	107	467	1,765	1,522	3,467
2001–02	2,382	126	663	1,815	1,377	3,147
Note: 1. The data in this table is prior to the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for later years.

Table 4: Recorded offences in the Solihull Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership area—2002–03 to 2004–05 Number of offences
Period	Violenceagainst the person	Sexual offences	Robbery	Burglaryin a dwelling	Theftof a vehicle	Theftfrom a vehicle
2002–03	2,597	129	452	1,645	1,301	3,451
2003–04	2,936	168	449	1,687	1,041	3,221
2004–05	2,974	198	529	1,270	900	2,572
Note: The data in this table takes account of the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for earlier years.

Date

12 September 2005

Reference

15209; 436 c2532-4W;436 c2558-60W

House

House of Commons

Local Authority Regulatory Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance the Government have given to (a) local authorities and (b) local authorities' co-ordinators of regulatory services, on tackling (i) underage drinking, (ii) solvent abuse and (iii) bogus marriages.

Asked by

Caroline Spelman (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 July 2005

Reference

436 c908-9W;436 c908-9W; 7428

House

House of Commons

Police

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average cost to public funds, including national insurance contributions and pension contributions, of employing a (a) community warden or neighbourhood warden, (b) police community support officer and (c) police constable in England is expected to be in 2005–06.

Asked by

Caroline Spelman (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 July 2005

Reference

5609; 436 c540W

House

House of Commons

Police Support Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average cost of employing a (a) community warden or neighbourhood warden, (b) police community support officer and (c) police constable in England is expected to be in 2005–06.

Asked by

Caroline Spelman (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 June 2005

Reference

1099; 434 c521-2W;434 c523-4W

House

House of Commons

Police

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers, excluding support staff and community support officers, were employed in each police authority in England and Wales in each year since 1997.

Asked by

Caroline Spelman (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

17 May 2005

For answer on

19 May 2005

Answered on

7 June 2005

The information requested is given in the following table.

Police strength by police force full-time equivalents
	March									September
England and Wales	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2004
Avon and Somerset	2,989	2,976	2,999	2,934	2,994	3,096	3,149	3,401	3,399
Bedfordshire	1,094	1,079	1,041	1,028	1,036	1,069	1,106	1,181	1,204
Cambridgeshire	1,302	1,291	1,274	1,237	1,296	1,362	1,384	1,400	1,413
Cheshire	2,046	2,042	2,071	2,011	2,002	2,059	2,119	2,179	2,159
Cleveland	1,459	1,483	1,416	1,404	1,407	1,461	1,582	1,687	1,591
Cumbria	1,144	1,164	1,126	1,084	1,048	1,100	1,140	1,222	1,227
Derbyshire	1,791	1,772	1,759	1,777	1,823	1,848	2,003	2,070	2,055
Devon and Cornwall	2,865	2,962	2,887	2,841	2,934	3,053	3,202	3,298	3,310
Dorset	1,284	1,310	1,279	1,306	1,354	1,381	1,416	1,433	1,447
Durham	1,461	1,515	1,568	1,558	1,595	1,614	1,651	1,685	1,680
Essex	2,961	2,928	2,891	2,806	2,897	2,946	2,989	3,098	3,093
Gloucestershire	1,133	1,104	1,104	1,114	1,173	1,183	1,227	1,284	1,269
Greater Manchester	6,922	6,949	6,810	6,795	6,909	7,217	7,343	8,042	8,083
Hampshire	3,452	3,490	3,473	3,419	3,438	3,480	3,668	3,706	3,744
Hertfordshire	1,759	1,740	1,724	1,767	1,922	1,825	1,957	2,086	2,135
Humberside	2,045	2,021	1,974	1,932	1,917	2,058	2,105	2,213	2,243
Kent	3,260	3,251	3,201	3,204	3,319	3,355	3,487	3,576	3,578
Lancashire	3,247	3,257	3,245	3,179	3,255	3,304	3,339	3,550	3,544
Leicestershire	1,949	1,983	1,993	1,993	2,032	2,100	2,114	2,277	2,263
Lincolnshire	1,196	1,191	1,140	1,115	1,202	1,198	1,221	1,228	1,216
London, City of	859	825	778	732	703	764	808	853	875
Merseyside	4,230	4,216	4,211	4,085	4,081	4,125	4,099	4,122	4,257
Metropolitan Police	26,677	26,094	26,073	25,485	24,878	26,223	27,984	29,735	30,111
Norfolk	1,432	1,430	1,381	1,381	1,420	1,468	1,499	1,510	1,536
Northamptonshire	1,177	1,169	1,137	1,117	1,157	1,214	1,210	1,239	1,264
Northumbria	3,677	3,769	3,840	3,788	3,857	3,929	3,943	4,040	4,067
North Yorkshire	1,338	1,367	1,337	1,283	1,305	1,417	1,444	1,529	1,537
Nottinghamshire	2,323	2,323	2,225	2,204	2,275	2,330	2,411	2,484	2,526
South Yorkshire	3,159	3,182	3,168	3,163	3,197	3,199	3,183	3,278	3,315
Staffordshire	2,211	2,292	2,238	2,170	2,129	2,133	2,202	2,266	2,283
Suffolk	1,180	1,186	1,190	1,145	1,133	1,203	1,253	1,304	1,310
Surrey	1,620	1,608	1,662	1,785	2,066	1,992	1,906	1,913	1,894
Sussex	3,085	2,996	2,847	2,822	2,855	2,893	2,989	3,039	3,075
Thames Valley	3,695	3,776	3,748	3,740	3,703	3,762	3,833	4,034	4,160
Warwickshire	926	924	908	900	926	969	997	1,008	1,002
West Mercia	2,040	2,010	2,025	1,887	1,951	2,018	2,256	2,355	2,302
West Midlands	7,113	7,156	7,321	7,194	7,423	7,681	7,751	7,887	8,030
West Yorkshire	5,209	5,155	4,982	4,822	4,815	4,889	5,029	5,275	5,446
Wiltshire	1,154	1,156	1,151	1,118	1,120	1,157	1,158	1,217	1,213
Dyfed-Powys	1,005	1,002	1,026	1,040	1,055	1,132	1,149	1,167	1,172
Gwent	1,243	1,233	1,247	1,264	1,274	1,333	1,341	1,372	1,415
North Wales	1,369	1,396	1,391	1,403	1,444	1,506	1,539	1,603	1,601
South Wales	2,976	2,986	2,981	2,926	3,154	3,222	3,239	3,279	3,260
Total all forces	125,051	124,756	123,841	121,956	123,476	127,267	131,426	137,128	138,305
⁽²²⁾ All officers (FTE) less staff on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave (comparable with previously published figures)

Date

7 June 2005

Reference

373; 434 c515-8W;434 c517-20W

House

House of Commons

Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the outturn band D council tax precepts were for each police authority in England and Wales in each year from 1997–98 to 2005–06.

Asked by

Caroline Spelman (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

17 May 2005

For answer on

19 May 2005

Answered on

7 June 2005

The information is set out in the following table.

					£
	Police precept on council tax (band D)
Police authority	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02
Avon and Somerset	52.04	54.86	60.62	67.59	72.66
Bedfordshire	52.51	55.84	61.36	66.98	70.26
Cambridgeshire	51.03	48.24	52.11	62.46	68.04
Cheshire	51.16	53.86	56.28	61.06	64.66
Cleveland	54.87	48.43	62.55	65.58	69.51
Cumbria	58.20	72.35	78.27	84.23	90.60
Derbyshire	51.31	57.30	65.85	71.12	75.38
Devon and Cornwall	49.79	48.30	53.52	58.87	61.81
Dorset	63.59	70.61	77.13	84.42	92.25
Durham	52.20	48.60	50.40	52.65	56.43
Dyfed-Powys	48.42	59.58	72.99	85.41	90.90
Essex	54.09	62.28	65.07	67.95	71.01
Gloucestershire	51.17	57.74	68.90	77.98	82.05
Greater Manchester	54.10	56.28	60.22	62.72	64.66
Gwent	49.10	54.36	59.74	74.97	84.03
Hampshire	51.75	50.13	53.91	55.08	59.04
Hertfordshire	51.51	58.83	63.54	67.99	72.39
Humberside	52.47	52.47	54.81	60.30	85.77
Kent	51.59	48.41	52.48	55.73	60.26
Lancashire	53.25	53.41	57.69	62.60	67.89
Leicestershire	52.26	61.21	63.79	67.80	75.52
Lincolnshire	69.03	78.93	81.99	86.49	90.36
Merseyside	66.87	71.78	77.44	81.31	85.37
Metropolitan	63.27	76.48	82.51	90.95	118.85
Norfolk	50.58	53.64	64.35	72.09	83.61
Northamptonshire	70.56	69.29	76.08	79.65	83.00
Northumbria	52.73	47.67	49.82	52.06	55.65
North Wales	48.52	58.54	66.33	78.49	82.72
North Yorkshire	49.72	48.46	52.20	57.04	62.59
Nottinghamshire	49.78	54.32	61.55	65.17	70.17
South Wales	49.22	56.25	65.36	80.42	85.57
South Yorkshire	53.29	54.28	56.72	59.26	62.79
Staffordshire	54.74	72.42	78.86	83.43	94.37
Suffolk	51.39	52.38	56.16	61.11	67.14
Surrey	44.64	66.06	75.24	79.41	83.08
Sussex	51.66	50.94	53.19	55.53	59.13
Thames Valley	52.79	50.76	56.53	60.34	64.49
Warwickshire	52.24	62.09	71.18	77.57	85.17
West Mercia	50.87	53.64	59.00	74.06	78.50
West Midlands	53.20	48.99	51.19	54.77	57.21
West Yorkshire	53.17	52.41	54.76	58.73	60.82
Wiltshire	55.22	62.77	68.98	75.84	83.26

				£
	Police precept on council tax (band D)
Police authority	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06
Avon and Somerset	83.40	111.64	125.09	131.34
Bedfordshire	78.69	93.44	107.17	111.98
Cambridgeshire	94.59	113.31	129.33	135.54
Cheshire	73.54	88.10	97.71	102.60
Cleveland	96.13	120.22	136.84	143.68
Cumbria	100.48	130.71	150.28	155.43
Derbyshire	91.96	111.77	122.88	129.02
Devon and Cornwall	73.80	103.27	113.39	119.62
Dorset	103.50	123.39	135.36	142.11
Durham	64.44	79.56	91.53	96.03
Dyfed-Powys	98.10	124.11	142.65	143.10
Essex	77.67	92.97	99.27	104.76
Gloucestershire	94.01	142.59	156.71	162.90
Greater Manchester	68.86	91.65	98.52	105.41
Gwent	95.17	119.11	139.13	145.07
Hampshire	75.15	97.29	108.36	113.76
Hertfordshire	81.01	98.28	112.53	118.09
Humberside	95.40	113.04	129.96	135.72
Kent	73.64	94.95	105.66	110.88
Lancashire	73.86	87.57	100.70	107.72
Leicestershire	95.21	104.77	120.11	126.04
Lincolnshire	94.86	104.40	112.23	119.43
Merseyside	94.76	101.54	110.17	115.68
Metropolitan	130.59	159.13	184.08	196.28
Norfolk	100.35	121.95	138.69	145.53
Northamptonshire	105.25	130.09	149.43	154.41
Northumbria	58.15	63.80	66.93	70.03
North Wales	96.53	126.94	151.57	158.94
North Yorkshire	88.59	156.00	171.50	176.00
Nottinghamshire	85.17	109.30	120.12	126.01
South Wales	89.85	103.51	115.71	120.40
South Yorkshire	74.09	94.30	102.79	107.88
Staffordshire	100.93	126.50	138.44	145.28
Suffolk	82.08	109.35	119.70	125.01
Surrey	96.44	135.09	147.06	154.26
Sussex	69.84	97.74	105.12	110.25
Thames Valley	73.49	106.24	120.51	126.28
Warwickshire	101.78	117.30	126.55	132.52
West Mercia	104.50	119.80	137.69	143.17
West Midlands	61.88	71.16	80.08	83.68
West Yorkshire	75.92	88.81	102.06	107.05
Wiltshire	91.54	109.68	120.63	126.63
Source: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and the National Assembly for Wales

Date

7 June 2005

Reference

371; 434 c504-6W;434 c506-8W

House

House of Commons

Police Precepts

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the total revenue raised from police precepts was in each police authority in England and Wales for each year from 1997–98 to 2005–06.

Asked by

Caroline Spelman (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

17 May 2005

For answer on

19 May 2005

Answered on

7 June 2005

The information is set out in the following table.

£ million
	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02
Avon and Somerset	25.6	27.2	30.6	34.4	37.4
Bedfordshire	9.5	10.2	11.3	12.5	13.3
Cambridgeshire	11.7	11.2	12.3	14.9	16.5
Cheshire	17.1	18.3	19.4	21.2	22.6
Cleveland	8.6	7.6	9.9	10.4	11.2
Cumbria	9.2	11.6	12.6	13.7	14.9
Derbyshire	15.1	17.0	19.8	21.6	23.2
Devon and Cornwall	26.3	25.8	28.9	32.2	34.2
Dorset	16.6	18.6	20.7	22.7	24.9
Durham	8.9	8.3	8.7	9.1	9.9
Dyfed-Powys	8.2	10.2	12.6	14.9	16.1
Essex	29.3	34.1	36.1	40.2	42.5
Gloucestershire	10.0	11.4	13.8	15.8	16.8
Greater Manchester	40.2	42.0	45.0	47.1	48.9
Gwent	8.7	9.7	10.7	13.7	15.4
Hampshire	31.8	31.1	33.6	34.7	37.5
Hertfordshire	17.6	20.2	22.0	28.1	30.2
Humberside	13.4	13.6	14.3	15.9	22.7
Kent	28.7	27.2	29.8	31.9	34.8
Lancashire	22.9	23.1	25.2	27.6	30.2
Leicestershire	14.5	17.1	18.1	19.4	21.8
Lincolnshire	13.4	15.5	16.3	17.5	18.7
Merseyside	27.0	29.1	31.4	33.2	35.3
Metropolitan	181.8	222.3	241.3	248.2	324.6
Norfolk	13.0	14.0	17.0	19.3	22.6
Northamptonshire	13.4	13.4	15.1	16.0	17.0
Northumbria	21.3	19.4	20.3	21.2	22.9
North Wales	11.2	13.6	15.7	18.8	20.0
North Yorkshire	13.0	12.8	14.0	15.4	17.2
Nottinghamshire	14.9	16.4	18.7	20.0	21.7
South Wales	19.5	22.4	26.2	32.5	34.8
South Yorkshire	18.9	19.3	20.2	21.2	22.6
Staffordshire	17.7	23.6	25.8	27.5	31.5
Suffolk	11.3	11.7	12.6	13.9	15.5
Surrey	15.0	22.5	25.7	36.9	38.9
Sussex	29.1	29.0	30.6	32.2	34.6
Thames Valley	40.6	39.5	44.5	47.9	51.7
Warwickshire	9.2	11.0	12.8	14.0	15.7
West Mercia	19.7	21.0	23.4	29.8	32.0
West Midlands	39.6	36.6	38.4	41.3	43.3
West Yorkshire	31.8	31.8	33.5	36.2	37.9
Wiltshire	11.8	13.6	15.1	16.8	18.7

£ million
	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06
Avon and Somerset	43.4	58.6	66.3	70.3
Bedfordshire	15.0	18.0	20.9	22.1
Cambridgeshire	23.1	28.0	32.6	34.6
Cheshire	25.9	31.3	35.0	37.0
Cleveland	15.5	19.5	22.4	23.8
Cumbria	16.6	21.8	25.7	26.8
Derbyshire	28.5	34.9	38.7	40.9
Devon and Cornwall	41.2	58.2	65.8	70.1
Dorset	28.1	33.8	37.9	40.5
Durham	11.4	14.1	16.4	17.4
Dyfed-Powys	17.5	22.4	26.1	28.0
Essex	46.8	56.5	60.8	64.8
Gloucestershire	19.4	29.6	33.0	34.6
Greater Manchester	52.2	69.8	75.5	81.1
Gwent	17.7	22.4	26.4	28.5
Hampshire	48.2	62.8	70.9	75.0
Hertfordshire	33.9	41.4	47.7	50.3
Humberside	25.5	30.7	35.9	37.8
Kent	42.8	55.9	63.0	67.0
Lancashire	33.1	39.6	45.9	49.4I
Leicestershire	27.9	31.0	35.9	38.2
Lincolnshire	19.9	22.3	24.3	26.2
Merseyside	39.3	42.3	46.2	48.9
Metropolitan	361.4	443.7	521.3	560.5
Norfolk	27.4	33.7	39.0	41.3
Northamptonshire	22.0	27.7	32.2	33.7
Northumbria	24.1	26.6	28.1	29.6
North Wales	23.6	31.3	38.0	42.4
North Yorkshire	24.6	43.6	49.0	50.6
Nottinghamshire	26.5	34.4	38.	40.4
South Wales	36.7	42.7	48.4	52.9
South Yorkshire	26.9	34.4	38.	40.0
Staffordshire	34.0	43.1	47.	50.3
Suffolk	19.1	25.7	28.	30.2
Surrey	45.4	63.8	69.	73.8
Sussex	41.1	57.9	63.	67.1
Thames Valley	59.2	86.1	98.	104.2
Warwickshire	19.0	22.1	24.	25.5
West Mercia	43.0	49.7	57.	60.7
West Midlands	47.2	54.5	61.	64.6
West Yorkshire	47.8	56.1	64.	69.0
Wiltshire	20.7	25.2	27.	29.6
Source: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and the National Assembly for Wales.

Date

7 June 2005

Reference

372; 434 c518-22W;434 c520-4W

House

House of Commons

Police

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much total Government grant was given to each police force in England and Wales in each year from 1997–98 to 2005–06; and what the per capita allocation was in each case.

Asked by

Caroline Spelman (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

17 May 2005

For answer on

19 May 2005

Answered on

7 June 2005

The information is set out in the tables. Government funding for police authorities is chiefly allocated using a funding formula that distributes resources on the basis of relative policing need. The formula is currently being reviewed to ensure it remains up to date. Funding is not, and never has been, distributed on a per capita basis.

Government grant fundingper head of population⁽¹⁶⁾
£
Force	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06
Avon and Somerset	94.52	96.85	97.60	101.29	112.31	110.22	117.39	120.77	125.49
Bedfordshire	95.82	96.93	95.42	99.91	107.94	115.13	117.69	120.44	125.62
Cambridgeshire	84.24	87.30	89.35	92.80	103.72	100.6	111.81	116.00	118.97
Cheshire	88.91	91.34	95.57	100.23	106.51	108.87	120.31	120.39	123.62
Cleveland	122.58	132.06	134.19	140.03	149.03	158.15	168.44	175.11	177.98
Cumbria	105.43	106.94	108.60	113.77	123.88	125.25	130.76	135.46	141.44
Derbyshire	88.59	91.52	94.26	95.21	106.24	105.08	112.59	116.26	119.64
Devon and Cornwall	88.03	94.04	96.17	100.10	109.74	109.40	113.28	116.67	120.96
Dorset	81.70	85.94	88.70	87.33	94.50	93.65	98.53	100.74	104.65
Durham	108.52	117.57	123.08	129.27	137.27	138.87	149.86	154.87	161.61
Dyfed-Powys	89.53	91.34	91.32	96.95	110.74	111.64	114.57	118.27	121.54
Essex	90.59	88.26	90.52	92.21	98.03	101.92	106.25	108.17	112.77
Gloucestershire	93.57	94.74	94.35	97.93	107.57	107.25	112.38	115.68	120.93
Greater Manchester	125.21	129.03	132.87	137.74	153.33	152.00	170.22	173.81	179.98
Gwent	102.95	106.10	111.61	115.73	126.18	129.56	138.57	142.41	147.54
Hampshire	87.91	92.20	94.15	97.52	104.24	107.44	117.24	116.75	119.88
Hertfordshire	90.49	91.73	97.52	94.07	101.20	101.12	106.09	109.56	114.00
Humberside	108.87	114.29	114.32	120.40	129.41	128.70	139.33	143.30	147.74
Kent	96.07	99.44	100.23	105.36	114.39	115.83	127.30	126.86	130.45
Lancashire	104.63	109.53	110.95	118.32	130.73	127.88	137.07	141.25	146.92
Leicestershire	92.34	93.20	97.15	100.26	110.95	109.14	117.60	120.66	126.77
Lincolnshire	88.35	84.49	88.14	94.19	97.01	103.85	103.26	105.18	108.04
Merseyside	150.14	152.59	154.54	160.78	170.52	180.66	195.25	201.12	206.87
Metropolitan	211.79	212.42	213.96	227.70	243.7	261.46	282.32	286.29	300.33
Norfolk	91.37	91.84	90.65	95.41	103.19	106.33	115.66	115.34	118.40
Northamptonshire	87.97	90.37	91.62	96.41	102.33	102.91	113.48	112.38	117.23
Northumbria	126.11	134.98	138.05	140.95	155.45	153.22	166.88	174.22	181.36
North Wales	95.01	96.33	98.35	102.77	112.54	119.44	123.90	126.40	131.70
North Yorkshire	85.44	90.25	89.77	90.97	101.44	98.66	103.85	106.81	110.74
Nottinghamshire	106.07	108.74	114.03	116.53	120.55	127.38	133.93	138.00	141.71
South Wales	115.87	117.36	119.86	123.00	132.89	135.82	141.69	151.08	156.51
South Yorkshire	111.96	115.56	120.09	124.84	131.32	136.97	151.74	153.79	158.25
Staffordshire	95.05	94.50	94.51	96.45	102.10	104.48	114.46	115.22	119.66
Suffolk	81.66	84.42	89.14	91.93	102.94	100.07	107.25	109.52	112.80
Surrey	101.66	89.09	98.45	89.29	86.54	85.61	93.18	94.02	95.76
Sussex	90.44	93.48	95.87	96.93	102.97	107.57	113.67	116.26	120.70
Thames Valley	85.97	89.94	90.48	93.06	103.42	104.22	109.72	113.04	116.87
Warwickshire	86.87	86.31	87.33	96.42	115.96	101.02	110.78	108.99	111.49
West Mercia	82.23	82.82	86.62	91.42	108.57	97.88	101.72	103.67	107.12
West Midlands	122.96	129.04	132.80	138.23	146.43	151.75	171.37	171.89	181.53
West Yorkshire	115.77	119.90	122.66	129.50	136.76	142.78	152.91	157.36	163.55
Wiltshire	90.79	91.08	91.08	95.26	103.05	102.92	106.93	109.35	112.89

⁽¹⁶⁾ Government funding includes general grant (Home Office police grant, ODPM/Welsh Assembly Government Revenue Support Grant and National Non-Domestic Rates). It also includes specific grants: Crime Fighting Fund, Rural Policing Fund, Basic Command Unit funding, Community Support Officer funding (including, for 2004–05 and 2005–06, Round 1 of the Neighbourhood Policing Fund), Airwave, DNA Expansion Programme, Counter Terrorism funding (MPS only), Street Crime Initiative, Special Priority Payments and capital grants.
⁽¹⁷⁾ Source for resident population figures: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Welsh Assembly Government as used in the calculation of the police funding settlements.
⁽¹⁸⁾ Estimates for 2005–06.
⁽¹⁹⁾ The Home Office also funds 75 per cent. of the cost of the London and South East allowances for all qualifying officers. These figures are not included within the totals.

Total government grants⁽²⁰⁾
£ million
Police authority	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06
Avon and Somerset	138.3	142.1	144.3	150.8	168.6	166.1	174.1	180.0	189.3
Bedfordshire	52.3	53.2	52.7	55.6	60.7	65.1	66.7	68.8	72.1
Cambridgeshire	58.5	61.4	63.6	66.8	75.2	73.5	79.4	83.1	86.8
Cheshire	87.0	89.5	93.9	98.7	104.7	107.2	118.3	118.7	122.4
Cleveland	68.5	73.6	74.6	77.9	82.9	88.0	91.2	94.8	98.7
Cumbria	51.7	52.5	53.4	56.1	60.9	61.5	63.8	66.2	69.3
Derbyshire	84.9	88.0	91.0	92.4	103.5	102.7	107.7	111.9	116.8
Devon and Cornwall	135.7	145.1	149.2	156.0	172.2	173.6	178.8	185.6	193.7
Dorset	55.4	58.6	61.0	60.4	65.4	65.4	68.3	70.1	73.2
Durham	65.9	71.5	74.9	78.6	83.3	84.3	88.7	91.4	95.7
Dyfed-Powys	42.6	43.5	43.6	46.5	53.2	53.9	55.9	58.4	60.6
Essex	136.4	133.6	137.9	148.1	158.6	166.0	171.7	175.5	183.8
Gloucestershire	51.7	52.7	52.8	54.6	60.4	60.6	63.5	65.6	68.7
Greater Manchester	322.8	332.3	341.7	355.0	395.1	393.0	422.6	436.9	455.5
Gwent	57.3	59.0	62.2	64.5	70.2	72.2	76.6	78.9	81.9
Hampshire	153.1	161.6	165.9	172.7	185.7	191.9	208.5	208.9	215.4
Hertfordshire	77.7	79.2	85.0	97.2	105.6	106.3	109.8	113.5	118.7
Humberside	96.8	101.3	101.1	106.3	114.1	113.4	121.1	124.8	130.3
Kent	149.0	154.9	157.0	165.9	181.6	185.1	201.2	201.6	208.7
Lancashire	149.2	156.0	158.1	168.8	186.4	182.8	194.0	200.9	210.0
Leicestershire	85.2	86.4	90.3	93.1	103.7	102.4	108.7	112.7	119.0
Lincolnshire	54.1	52.0	54.6	58.7	61.0	65.9	66.9	69.2	71.9
Merseyside	214.3	216.7	218.4	226.6	239.3	253.5	265.9	273.7	282.2
Metropolitan	1,587.5	1,606.8	1,629.3	1,635.4	1,773.9	1,676.3	2,027.3	2,103.6	2,216.4
Norfolk	70.6	71.4	71.0	75.4	82.2	85.5	92.3	92.6	96.0
Northamptonshire	52.7	54.6	55.9	59.4	63.6	64.4	71.5	71.7	75.3
Northumbria	181.4	193.6	197.4	200.9	220.5	216.7	230.9	240.8	252.5
North Wales	62.4	63.2	64.5	67.6	74.0	78.9	82.2	84.5	88.3
North Yorkshire	62.4	66.3	66.2	67.5	75.8	74.4	78.0	80.7	84.1
Nottinghamshire	109.5	112.2	117.7	120.2	124.5	131.4	136.0	141.2	145.9
South Wales	142.3	144.6	148.2	152.4	165.0	169.2	169.8	181.6	189.9
South Yorkshire	146.0	150.8	156.7	162.8	171.0	178.3	192.2	194.9	201.4
Staffordshire	100.4	99.8	100.2	102.4	108.3	110.7	119.9	120.7	125.5
Suffolk	53.6	55.9	59.4	61.7	69.4	68.0	71.8	73.6	76.5
Surrey	78.8	69.2	77.2	94.7	93.3	92.5	98.7	99.7	101.9
Sussex	132.2	137.6	142.6	145.3	156.0	163.8	170.0	174.4	181.8
Thames Valley	176.0	185.8	188.7	195.3	218.9	221.8	229.6	237.3	246.9
Warwickshire	43.3	43.2	44.0	48.9	58.9	51.5	56.1	55.9	57.9
West Mercia	91.6	92.6	97.6	103.9	123.8	112.2	117.9	121.1	125.7
West Midlands	324.3	341.0	349.3	363.1	384.6	397.4	437.7	442.8	468.1
West Yorkshire	243.8	252.9	258.8	273.7	289.3	302.9	318.1	328.8	342.8
Wiltshire	53.6	54.0	54.6	57.7	62.9	63.1	65.6	67.5	70.2
3 Estimates for 2005–06. 4 The Home Office also funds 75 per cent. of the cost of the London and South East allowances for all qualifying officers. These figures are not included within the totals.
⁽²⁰⁾ Total government grants includes general grant (Home Office police grant, ODPM/Welsh Assembly Government Revenue Support Grant and National Non- Domestic Rates). It also includes specific grants: Crime Fighting Fund, Rural Policing Fund, Basic Command Unit funding, Community Support Officers funding (including for 2004–05 and 2005–06, Round 1 of the Neighbourhood Policing Fund), Airwave, DNA Expansion Programme, Counter Terrorism funding (MPS only), Street Crime Initiative, Special Priority Payments and capital grants.
⁽²¹⁾ Figures for 2001–02 are not directly comparable with 2002–03 due to the change in funding arrangements of NCS/NCIS.

Date

7 June 2005

Reference

370; 434 c514-6W;434 c516-8W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the questions tabled by the honourable Member for Meriden on 10th January, refs 207956 and 207957.

Asked by

Caroline Spelman (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 March 2005

Reference

432 c322W;432 c320W; 219541

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the outturn Band D council tax precepts for 2005-06 are for each police authority in England and Wales.

Asked by

Caroline Spelman (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 March 2005

Reference

432 c46W; 219862

House

House of Commons

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