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Written question asked by Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 7 November 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 13 November 2001. It was answered by John Denham (Labour) on Tuesday, 13 November 2001 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of policing expenditure in (a) 1992, (b) 1997 and (c) the last year for which figures are available was spent on police pensions; and if he will make a statement. - Inc table.
Answer

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of policing expenditure in (a) 1992, (b) 1997 and (c) the last year for which figures are available was spent on police pensions; and if he will make a statement. [13894] Mr. Denham: The figures requested are given in the table. In recognition of the increased burden of paying police pensions, the proportion of revenue funding allocated to police authorities on the basis of pensions commitments has been increased from 12.9 per cent. in 1997-98 to 14.5 per cent. since 1999-2000. It will remain at this level in 2002-03. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Net pensions expenditure (£) Net police expenditure (£) Proportion of police net expenditure spent on pensions (Percentage) 1992-93 456,479 5,621,763 8.1 1997-98 863,131 6,870,093 12.6 2000-01 1,029,454 7,739,163 13.3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy Police Statistics (Estimates for 2000-01)

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
13894; 374 c640W
Session
2001-02
Subjects
Expenditure Police Workplace pensions Pensions
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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