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Policing Objectives

Lord Gladwin of Clee asked Her Majesty's Government:

What their objectives are for policing for 2001-02.[HL4815]

Lord Bassam of Brighton: The Police Act 1996 allows my right honourable friend the Home Secretary to set objectives, or ministerial priorities, for policing. The objectives for 2001-2002 will be:

to reduce local problems of crime and disorder in partnership with local authorities, other local agencies and the public; and

to increase trust and confidence in policing amongst minority ethnic communities. These are the same priorities he set for 2000-2001. They remain in place for another year, and he has refrained from setting further priorities, to allow the police to concentrate their efforts on these key areas.

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Rural Policing

Lord Gladwin of Clee asked Her Majesty's Government:

How they will allocate the money provided to enhance rural policing for 2001-02.[HL4813]

Lord Bassam of Brighton: Spending Review 2000 made provision for the allocation of £30 million for rural policing in each year of the settlement period. The sums for 2001-02 have been apportioned on the basis of population weighted by a sparsity score. The allocations for 2001-02 are given in the table.

Police Authority	£m
Avon & Somerset	992,875
Bedfordshire	163,540
Cambridgeshire	1,125,169
Cheshire	228,487
City of London	0
Cleveland	0
Cumbria	1,370,910
Derbyshire	416,190
Devon & Cornwall	3,114,489
Dorset	442,209
Durham	246,803
Dyfed-Powys	2,588,337
Essex	503,710
Gloucestershire	776,548
Greater Manchester	0
Gwent	204,476
Hampshire	220,430
Hertfordshire	0
Humberside	710,250
Kent	599,342
Lancashire	64,054
Leicestershire	433,988
Lincolnshire	1,978,690
Merseyside	0
Metropolitan Police	0
Norfolk	2,078,830
Northamptonshire	704,141
Northumbria	0
North Wales	1,533,723
North Yorkshire	2,013,806
Nottinghamshire	0
South Wales	0
South Yorkshire	0
Staffordshire	275,072
Suffolk	1,422,627
Surrey	11,048
Sussex	550,563
Thames Valley	1,262,860
Warwickshire	562,546
West Mercia	2,311,653
West Midlands	0
West Yorkshire	0
Wiltshire	1,092,634
Totals	30,000,000.00

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Police Recruitment Funding

Lord Gladwin of Clee asked Her Majesty's Government:

What provision will be made for police recruitment under the Crime Fighting Fund for 2001-02. [HL4812]

Lord Bassam of Brighton: The total provision for police forces in 2001-02 for officers recruited under the Crime Fighting Fund (CFF) is likely to be £129 million. This includes funding for the continued employment of officers recruited during 2000-01 as well as funding for new recruits in 2001-02.

The table provides an indicative breakdown of payments between forces, assuming that all forces recruit their full CFF allocation in 2000-01 and that they also recruit their full CFF allocations in 2001-02.

Bids form forces to accelerate or to defer CFF allocations between 2000-01 and 2001-02 are presently under consideration. CFF allocations for 2001-02 are therefore provisional and depend upon forces meeting the continuation criteria set out in the CFF bidding guide. Decisions on acceleration/deferral and on compliance with the continuation criteria may affect the amounts payable to forces in 2001-02.

Payments to forces for individual CFF recruits are made pro rata from the point at which the CFF officers are recruited. Payments due will change to reflect the actual pattern of recruitment if it is different from the even distribution assumed for the purposes of the table.

In addition to payments direct to forces, National Police Training (NPT) will receive funding to train new recruits to provincial forces. The total CFF provision also includes a contingency to cover, for example, costs arising from any new allowances that may be introduced which affect CFF recruits.

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Crime Fighting Fund Provision 2001-02: Indicative Breakdown by Force

Forces	CFF Year 1 Allocation (2000-01)(1)	Continuation Cost of Year 1 Allocation in 2001-02(1, 2)	CFF Year 2 Allocation 1 (2001-02)(3)	Cost of Year 2 Recruitment in 2001-02(2, 3)	Total
		£k		£k	£k
Avon & Somerset	67	1,691	51	706	2,397
Bedfordshire	28	707	31	424	1,131
Cambridgeshire	37	934	23	296	1,230
Cheshire	47	1,186	50	704	1,890
City of London(7)	8	253	15	222	475
Cleveland	20	505	27	353	858
Cumbria	25	631	23	296	927
Derbyshire	49	1,237	55	742	1,979
Devon & Cornwall	77	1,943	79	1,125	3,068
Dorset	29	732	26	335	1,067
Durham	36	908	23	296	1,204
Dyfed-Powys	25	631	38	515	1,145
Essex	70	1,766	62	851	2,618
Gloucestershire	29	732	35	460	1,192
Greater Manchester	186	4,694	201	2,818	7,512
Gwent	31	782	18	275	1,058
Hampshire	82	2,069	77	1,057	3,127
Hertfordshire	40	1,009	30	422	1,432
Humberside	47	1,186	41	565	1,751
Kent	82	2,069	92	1,274	3,343
Lancashire	75	1,893	77	1,057	2,950
Leicestershire	46	1,161	56	758	1,918
Lincolnshire	29	732	18	275	1,007
Merseyside	105	2,650	112	1,555	4,205
Metropolitan(4, 5)	663	20,999	699	17,094	38,093
Norfolk	35	883	47	635	1,518
North Wales	34	858	32	429	1,287
North Yorkshire	20	505	23	296	801
Northamptonshire	32	808	32	429	1,236
Northumbria	85	2,145	87	1,198	3,343
Nottinghamshire	52	1,312	54	729	2,041
South Wales	59	1,489	49	679	2,167
South Yorkshire	67	1,691	61	847	2,538
Staffordshire	49	1,237	51	706	1,943
Suffolk	31	782	21	284	1,066
Surrey	46	1,161	48	655	1,816
Sussex	69	1,741	64	870	2,611
Thames Valley	111	2,801	108	1,500	4,301
Warwickshire	21	530	14	228	758
West Mercia	50	1,262	59	819	2,081
West Midlands	173	4,366	179	2,509	6,875
West Yorkshire	107	2,700	91	1,269	3,970
Wiltshire	26	656	21	284	940
Totals	3,000	80,025	3,000	48,844	128,869
NPT(9)					16,100
Contingencies(10)					6,031
Grand Total					151,000

Notes:

(4) Assumes that all forces recruit their full CFF allocation in 2000/01.

(5) Costs include 3 per cent increase over 2000/01 provision for pay related costs.

(6) Assumes that all forces will recruit their full CFF allocations in 2001-02 and that recruitment will be spread evenly over the year.

(7) The cost of the increase in London Allowance implemented in 2000 for new recruits to the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and City of London police has been included in the calculations for CCF recruits to the MPS and City (including an element for employers NIC).

(8) Training costs of £7,000 per officer for new MPS recruits has been included in the calculation for MPS.

(9) NPT training costs of £16.1 million are based on a cost of £7,000 per officer for forces, except the MPS.

(10) A contingency is required to cover additional costs that may arise, including possible additional costs for CFF recruits from implementation of an Outer London Allowance.

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