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Home Office

Answer

Mrs. Calton: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will provide a breakdown of one-off ring-fenced grants to Greater Manchester police by constituency since 1997-99, and if he will make a statement. [42842] Mr. Denham: [holding answer 19 March 2002]: Details of one-off grant payments to Greater Manchester police since 1997-98 are set out in the table. These cannot be broken down by constituency. £ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 Special firearms grant{1} 78,144 7,692 -- -- -- Beacon scheme{2} -- -- 99,977 6,000 -- Arrest referral -- -- -- 523,000 613,000 Operation Hawk{3} -- -- -- 1,943,000 1,257,000 Robbery grant -- -- -- 3,200,000 -- Fuel distribution emergency -- -- -- 505,103 58,050 Targeted policing -- -- -- 62,898 44,597 initiative (North Trafford) Targeted policing -- -- -- -- 69,785 initiative (Trafford Park) Execution of warrants -- -- -- 233,000 -- Policing Oldham -- -- -- -- 1,440,000 disturbances Commonwealth games{4} -- -- -- -- 1,700,000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Firearms grant for policing costs associated with ban on handguns. {2} Beacon scheme funding for imaginative ideas linked to increasing police efficiency. {3} A Greater Manchester police street crime initiative. {4} Payment of the first instalment of a total grant of up to £5 million for policing the games.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

42842; 385 c838W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Finance Grants Police Greater Manchester Police

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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