Speeches

Paula Sherriff – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paula Sherriff on 2016-02-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answers of 9 February 2016 to Question 25766 and 11 January 2016 to Question 20570 on British Transport Police: finance, if he will provide a breakdown of the budget by areas of expenditure for (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17.

Claire Perry

The following table provides a breakdown of the British Transport Police’s budget, by areas of expenditure, in 2015-16 and 2016-17:

2015/16

2016/17

£000s

£000s

Staff Costs:

Police Officer Pay + overtime

165,969

165,451

PCSO Pay + overtime

10,560

11,014

Police Staff Pay + overtime

60,572

60,905

Total Staff Costs

237,101

237,370

Non Staff Costs:

Premises

18,763

17,481

Communications & Computers

11,939

11,394

Transport

2,989

2,465

Travel & Hotels

1,892

1,845

Supplies & Services

14,021

12,105

Capital Charges

9,364

10,475

Total Non Staff Costs

58,968

55,765

BTP Authority Budget

2,009

2,009

Total Expenditure

298,078

295,144