1. Government expenditure on the police, courts and prisons
Eurostat Working Group on Statistics on Crime and Criminal Justice
25-26 March 2014

2. Expenditure on the police, courts and prisons
What information is available
Discuss how it can be used
Aim

3. Expenditure on the police, courts and prisons
National accounts data
General government expenditure broken down by COFOG categories
"Public order and safety" includes police, law courts and prisons
Data

4. Expenditure on the police, courts and prisons
Intermediate consumption – goods and services purchased
Compensation of employees
Expenditure often expressed as a % of GDP
Data

5. Expenditure on the police, courts and prisons
Recently used in EU Justice Scoreboard (court costs)
Used at a national level?
Feasibility of using the data to derive additional indicators
Police expenditure per police officer, prison expenditure per prisoner etc.
Issues

6. Thank you Stephen Clarke Eurostat
Eurostat Working Group on Statistics on Crime and Criminal Justice
25-26 March 2014