Supplementary note submitted by Mr Mike Langdon, Chief Superintendent, Merseyside Police, following the evidence session on 18 June 2002
COST AND "OUTPUTS" OF OPERATION CARE
The following tables illustrate:
(a) The annual cost of Operation Care to the Merseyside Police and the five local authority Social Services Departments; and
(b) The level and type of activity of Operation Care;
(c) Outcomes of Operation Care since it started until July 1999.
Table 1
POLICE COSTS OF OPERATION CARE 1998-99
|
|
£ |
|
Employees |
782,488 |
|
Transport |
28,250 |
|
Supplies and Services |
26,066 |
|
TOTAL |
836,804 |
|
Note:
Does not include accommodation.
|
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Table 2
SOCIAL SERVICES COSTS OF OPERATION CARE 1998-99
|
Staff |
£ |
Equip/Exp £ |
Counselling £ |
|
Knowsley |
29,500 |
3,750 |
|
|
Liverpool |
174,798 |
26,636 |
|
|
St Helens |
48,781 |
6,500* |
|
|
Sefton |
7,000 |
6,800 |
|
|
Wirral |
28,396 |
2,000 |
|
|
TOTAL |
288,475 |
45,658 |
14,988 |
| |
|
|
apportioned |
|
GRAND TOTAL |
|
|
349,149 |
Notes:
*Calculation based on other estimates.
2. Civil litigation costs not included.
3. Legal costs which not included but calculated by Knowsley as £3,220.
4. Add at least £8,688 for witness support and associated costs.
5.The true cost of the counselling service is approximately £40,000 pa, £25,000 of which is therefore borne by Barnado's.
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