Last year (due to the snap general election) I didn’t do a citizen audit of expenditure by Merseyside Police.
Below are 112 pages from the year before (2015-2016) I asked for which covers about a third of the invoices that were supplied. This is from a larger cache of documents.
The below documents range from amounts paid to solicitors to end lawsuits, various invoices from other public bodies, charges relating to police dogs, a seized vehicle being auctioned and many other types of expenditure.
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6 thoughts on “What did Merseyside Police spend money on (112 pages of invoices)?”
£26,000 for a SERCO GATSO speed camera.
No wonder they feel the need to harangue hard-pressed motorists to suck in income, restrict the payback period to as short as humanly possible and get the costs covered.
Sheesh!
Thanks for that comment Paul.
Which page is that one? I would guess the speed cameras have to be pretty robust to both withstand bad weather and vandalism though.
I thought the money from speeding fines went into the Treasury’s Consolidated Fund though rather than directly to the police force who paid for the camera.
Hi John could you clarify the VAT charged for electricity at 20% I thought gas and electricity Vat was charged at 5%?, any help would be appreciated.
Thanks John for your comment.
I’m not a VAT expert, but from what I remember the 5% is the VAT rate for domestic energy use. The use of energy by Merseyside Police is classed as business use, hence the higher 20% rate charged.
However as far as I know, Merseyside Police can then claim back the VAT paid from HMRC. Hope that helps.
Thanks for the information as usual the JB fountain of knowledge cheers.
£26,000 for a SERCO GATSO speed camera.
No wonder they feel the need to harangue hard-pressed motorists to suck in income, restrict the payback period to as short as humanly possible and get the costs covered.
Sheesh!
Thanks for that comment Paul.
Which page is that one? I would guess the speed cameras have to be pretty robust to both withstand bad weather and vandalism though.
I thought the money from speeding fines went into the Treasury’s Consolidated Fund though rather than directly to the police force who paid for the camera.
Hi John could you clarify the VAT charged for electricity at 20% I thought gas and electricity Vat was charged at 5%?, any help would be appreciated.
Thanks John for your comment.
I’m not a VAT expert, but from what I remember the 5% is the VAT rate for domestic energy use. The use of energy by Merseyside Police is classed as business use, hence the higher 20% rate charged.
However as far as I know, Merseyside Police can then claim back the VAT paid from HMRC. Hope that helps.
Thanks for the information as usual the JB fountain of knowledge cheers.