Question to the Department for Transport:
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.
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: |
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Police Officer Pay + overtime | 165,969 | 165,451 |
PCSO Pay + overtime | 10,560 | 11,014 |
Police Staff Pay + overtime | 60,572 | 60,905 |
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Total Staff Costs | 237,101 | 237,370 |
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Non Staff Costs: |
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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 |
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Total Non Staff Costs | 58,968 | 55,765 |
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BTP Authority Budget | 2,009 | 2,009 |
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Total Expenditure | 298,078 | 295,144 |