POLICE FUNDING FORMULA AND SPARSITY

Early day motion 399, tabled 15 February 2000 by John Grogan (Labour). Signed by 30 members.

That this House welcomes the recent Home Office research project report which identified the additional costs of policing rural areas due to population sparsity; and urges the Government to include a sparsity factor in the police funding formula from next year.

Signatures by party: Labour 17, Liberal Democrat 9, Labour/Co-operative 2, Conservative 1, Independent Labour 1.