Written question asked by Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 11 April 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 1 May 2003. It was answered by Bob Ainsworth (Labour) on Thursday, 1 May 2003 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for the Vale of Clwyd of 17th March 2003, 401 c591W, on police, what estimate he has made of net pensions expenditure as a proportion of police net expenditure in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06. - Including figure.

Answer: Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Vale of Clwyd (Chris Ruane), 17 March 2003, Official Report, column 591W, on police, what estimate he has made of net pensions expenditure as a proportion of police net expenditure in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06. [109598] Mr. Bob Ainsworth: Provision for net expenditure and for net pension expenditure is determined by police authorities. Estimates for future years are not available. Within the police funding formula a component for police pension costs currently amounts to 14.5 per cent. of the total provision. Allocation of the provision between police authorities is made on advice from the Government Actuary's Department.

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