Topic: Police - Finance
Written Question:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much funding has been allocated to the police per head of population in
(a)
Sussex and
(b)
the South East of England for 2007-08.
Member Answering Question: Tony McNulty MP, Minister of State
Answer: The information requested is set out in the following table. The Government do not distribute grant to police authorities purely on the basis of population. The police funding formula uses a range of data relating to demographic and social characteristics to reflect the relative needs of each authority. Grant allocations also take into account the relative tax base of each authority. Grant allocations are stabilised by damping to limit year-on-year variations.
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Hampshire
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233.17
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1.81
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128.82
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Kent
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235.37
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1.62
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145.29
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Surrey
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114.32
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1.08
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105.85
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Sussex
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198.89
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1.52
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130.85
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Thames
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270.72
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2.14
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126.50
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Total south-east of England
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1,052.47
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8.17
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128.82
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Total England
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8,884.81
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50.42
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176.22
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(1) Total grants comprises: Home Office Police Grant, DCLG Revenue Support Grant and National Non-Domestic Rates; Special Formula grant, Specific Grants: Crime Fighting Fund, Neighbourhood Policing Fund, Basic Command Unit Fund, Community Support Officer Funding, Pension Deficit Grant and Dedicated Security Post funding and Capital provision (including the increased capital allocations announced on 24 May and 19 June 2007). (2) Population data sourced by the Office for National Statistics from the mid-2005 population estimates.
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