Police expenditure 1999-2009
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Helen Mills, Arianna Silvestri and Dr Roger Grimshaw
Police expenditure 1999-2009, the first independent study of police authority spending over the last decade, found that police expenditure grew in real terms from £9.83 billion in 1998/1998 to £14.55 billion in 2008/2009. It also found that much of the burden of this rise fell on local council taxpayers, rather than the Home Office. The report, part of a three part series of briefings on criminal justice spending supported by the Hadley Trust will be required reading for policy makers, chief constables, police authorities, local government officials, journalists and anyone with an interest in public finances and the proper use of taxpayers' money. Two more briefings - on prison and probation expenditure and on courts expenditure - will be released in the coming months. 'An important and detailed overview of police funding' (Association of Police Authorities). To be published in hard copy in June 2010. Normal price £100. Special discount price for copies ordered before the end of May 2010 and for Centre for Crime and Justice Studies members. |