This is to be funded centrally by means of deduction from total police grant provision. This estimate is currently under review in the light of current plans for the roll-out to forces. Other estimates were provided in the reply I gave to the hon. The impact on police forces' budgets and on frontline service provision will depend on the outcome of Spending Review 2000. My right hon.
Inspectors are full-time civil servants.
No inspector holds a licence. None has involvement in animal research. None has conflicts of interest linking him to places or persons regulated under the Act or his programmes of work. There is a disparity in these figures because a single establishment may hold its certificate of designation in more than one category. Inspectorate monitors all of these establishments.