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Written Question · S3W-09367 · Session 3

How much each local authority received from the Police Capital Grant in each year of the 2004 spending review.

Answered Asked by Elaine Murray Lab Lodged 1 Feb 2008

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority received from the Police Capital Grant in each year of the 2004 spending review.

The answer

Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 14 Feb 2008 · 13 days after it was lodged, on time

Police Capital Grant was paid directly to the eight police authorities in each year of the 2004 Spending Review as shown in the following table.
Police Capital Grant (£000)

| 2005-06
| 2006-07
| 2007-08

Central Scotland Police
| 1,494
| 1,567
| 1,425

Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary
| 899
| 921
| 765

Fife Constabulary
| 1,905
| 2,024
| 1,781

Grampian Police
| 2,234
| 3,123
| 2,705

Lothian and Borders Police
| 4,711
| 4,519
| 4,622

Northern Constabulary
| 2,772
| 1,787
| 1,485

Strathclyde Police
| 14,824
| 15,202
| 16,267

Tayside Police
| 2,576
| 2,272
| 1,995

Total
| 31,415
| 31,415
| 31,045


The amounts allocated to each force area in 2005-06 and 2006-07 were distributed according to the requirements for Airwave for each force with the remainder distributed by a formula agreed with the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS). In 2007-08, the allocations were calculated by using the agreed formula.
In 2007-08 £370,000 was transferred from Police Capital Grant to the Scottish Police Services Authority (SPSA) as part of the transfer of the costs for Forensic Science Services, as agreed with ACPOS.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-09367 by reference.