Special Costs

  • Reference Number: 2318
  • Date released: 26 January 2010

Request

I am seeking to obtain information pertaining to any and all costs incurred on the part of your police force in the training, deployment and continued support of all Special Constabulary police officers ("Specials") under your employment throughout the last three calendar years.

Specifically, I seek to ascertain both the sum total of any costs incurred annually in relation to Special Constabulary police officers and as full a break-down of those costs as possible, with expenditure divided into relevant categories (training, equipment, fuel and other expense claims filed by Special Constabulary police officers and so on).

Response

In accordance with section 1 (1) (b) of the Act our response is provided below;

  2006-07 2007-08 2008-09
Training expenses £27,174.93 £24,592.97 £28,128.96
Student meals £2,841.82 £3,919.50 £4,523.65
Hospitality £32.97 £274.55 £233.26
Training expenses - Northern £726.00 £3,313.00 £2,521.00
Conferences - Northern - £1,050.00 £1,180.00
Travelling expenses - Northern £5,219.00 £9,496.00 £12,221.00
Conferences - Eastern - £1,050.00 £244.00
Mileage - Eastern £39,720.69 £27,832.44 £38,457.44
Subsistence - Eastern £8,319.06 £8,319.06 £12,722.79
Mileage - Western £26,000.00 £26,000.00 £26,000.00
Subsistence - Western £14,000.00 £14,000.00 £14,000.00
Total £124,034.47 £119,847.52 £140,232.10

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