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Written statement made by Tony McNulty (Labour) on Thursday, 24 January 2008 in the House of Commons, on behalf of the Home Office.

Police Grant (England and Wales)

I have today placed in the Library a copy of the Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2008-09 (HC 265). The report sets out my right hon. Friend, the Home Secretary's determination for 2008-09 of the aggregate amount of grants that she proposes to pay under section 46(2) of the Police Act 1996, and the amount to be paid to the Greater London Authority for the Metropolitan Police Authority. General police grant allocations which include Home Office police grant and DCLG revenue support grant for each police authority for 2008-09 are set out in the table. General police grant allocations for English and Welsh police authorities 2008-09:

Adjusted 2007-08 Formula Allocation¹ 2008-09 Allocation¹ Change on 2007-08 Formula Allocation
Police Authority £m £m %
English Shire Forces
Avon and Somerset 167.8 173.7 3.5%
Bedfordshire 66.3 68.5 3.3%
Cambridgeshire 76.4 78.7 3.0%
Cheshire 114.7 117.6 2.5%
Cleveland 93.0 95.3 2.5%
Cumbria 64.0 65.6 2.5%
Derbyshire 105.8 109.2 3.2%
Devon and Cornwall 177.4 181.9 2.5%
Dorset 62.2 63.7 2.5%
Durham 87.0 89.2 2.5%
Essex 168.4 173.0 2.8%
Gloucestershire 56.4 57.8 2.5%
Hampshire 197.2 202.2 2.6%
Hertfordshire 114.4 117.7 2.9%
Humberside 122.0 125.1 2.6%
Kent 182.5 187.2 2.6%
Lancashire 193.6 198.8 2.7%
Leicestershire 111.4 114.7 2.9%
Lincolnshire 60.4 62.3 3.1%
Norfolk 83.4 85.4 2.5%
North Yorkshire 73.0 74.8 2.5%
Northamptonshire 71.7 73.5 2.6%
Nottinghamshire 132.4 136.9 3.4%
Staffordshire 114.2 117.4 2.8%
Suffolk 67.5 69.2 2.5%
Surrey 96.9 99.3 2.5%
Sussex 161.6 165.7 2.5%
Thames Valley 225.8 231.9 2.7%
Warwickshire 51.5 52.8 2.6%
West Mercia 116.0 118.9 2.5%
Wiltshire 62.0 63.6 2.5%
Shires Total 3476.7 3571.3 2.7%
English Metropolitan Forces
Greater Manchester 432.5 445.6 3.0%
Merseyside 253.7 260.6 2.7%
Northumbria 237.9 243.8 2.5%
South Yorkshire 194.2 199.1 2.6%
West Midlands 450.0 468.0 4.0%
West Yorkshire 317.4 328.2 3.4%
Mets Total 1885.6 1945.4 3.2%
London Forces
GLA 1883.0 1930.0 2.5%
Police City of London² 22.8 20.2 N/A
English Total 7268.0 7466.9 2.7%
Welsh Forces
Dyfed-Powys³ 51.8 53.1 2.5%
Gwent³ 78.6 80.6 2.5%
North Wales³ 76.3 78.2 2.5%
South Wales³ 172.1 176.7 2.7%
Welsh Total 378.8 388.6 2.6%
Total 7646.8 7855.5 2.7%
Notes:
¹ Rounded to the nearest £100,000. Grant as calculated under the Local Government Finance Report (England) and Local Government Finance Report (No.2) 2008-09 Final Settlement—Police Authorities (Wales). Table includes the effects of floors and scaling.
² Figures for the City of London relate to Home Office Grant only as calculated in the Police Grant Report (England and Wales). Revenue Support Grant is allocated to the Common Council of the City of London as a whole in respect of all its functions. The city is grouped with education authorities for the purposes of floors.
³ Welsh figures include Home Office floor funding.

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Written statement
Reference
470 c59-60WS 
Session
2007-08
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Finance Police
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