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1657369

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to conduct a review of the funding formula for Police Forces.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	197279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>The government recognises that the current police funding formula is out of date and no longer accurately reflects demand on policing. A review of the funding formula was launched in Autumn 2021 to ensure that it fairly and transparently distributes the circa £8.6bn of annual core grant funding across the 43 police forces in England and Wales.</p><p>We are working towards completing the first phase of the review and are considering the demands facing each police force and the relative impact of local factors on forces. We have engaged closely with the policing sector throughout the review, and this work continues.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 06/09/2023 11:39:12 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1582933

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make a comparative assessment of the potential merits of providing (a) single-year and (b) multi-year financial settlements for police forces.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	137925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>Spending Review 2021 provided certainty on budgets for all forces across England and Wales, with total funding increases confirmed for 3 years. In June 2022, the government also provided additional funding of £350m over 3 years to support forces in meeting the costs of the 2022 pay award. This has enabled forces to plan ahead and ensure they are delivering efficiency savings to generate the best value for money for the tax payer.</p><p>On 31 January, the Government confirmed a total police funding settlement of up to £17.2 billion in 2023/24, an increase of up to £287 million when compared to 2022/23. This settlement honours the commitments made at Spending Review 2021, giving forces the certainty to plan, complete and maintain their work to recruit additional officers through the Police Uplift Programme.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 09/02/2023 14:28:15 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

1567197

registered interest
date	16/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to alter the police funding formula; and if she will take steps to increase police funding in areas with more properties in lower council tax bands.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	124098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>The government recognises that the current police funding formula is out of date and no longer accurately reflects demand on policing. A review of the funding formula was launched in Autumn 2021, and the Home Office is preparing to publish a first public consultation early this year. This will set out the broad principles of the Review and consult on the purpose, structure and components of a new formula.</p><p>In developing a new formula, we are considering the demands facing each police force and the relative impact of local factors on the resource required to meet demand.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 24/01/2023 15:44:21 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1549501

registered interest
date	07/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of inflation on the police precept; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of alternative methods towards providing funding for local police services.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	105543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2022 answer text <p>Around two thirds of police funding comes from central Government grants, as well as additional funding for specific purposes like crime reduction programmes. The remaining funding is drawn from a share of council tax known as “precept”. In total for 2022-23, the Government will provide around £10bn of grant funding to PCCs, with up to £4.9bn drawn from police precept.</p><p>Setting precept levels is a decision for elected Police and Crime Commissioners, taking into account local priorities. Central Government set upper limits on the amount that precept may be increased each year in England. Any proposed increase above that limit is subject to a local referendum. Council tax policy in Wales is a matter for the devolved Government.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 15/12/2022 17:16:53 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1548829

registered interest
date	06/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was provided to police forces through (a) the DCLG grant, (b) the Welsh grant and (c) other grants in 2010/11.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	104364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is available online, on the Government website, at the link listed below. The tables show police forces’ funding allocations for 2010-11 which contain information on the DCLG grant, Welsh grant and other grants.</p><p><a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2009-11-26/debates/09112628000414/PoliceGrants" target="_blank">https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2009-11-26/debates/09112628000414/PoliceGrants</a></p><p>It is not possible to make direct comparisons between current police funding figures and police funding in the years before 2015-16 due to a number of significant changes in the structure of police funding and the structure of policing over the period.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 09/12/2022 13:18:44 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1505362

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26 May 2022 to Question 3503, on Police: Havering, whether she has had discussions with chief constables, police and crime commissioners and mayors on ensuring that locally-funded police officers are not asked to perform activities in other boroughs; and whether guidelines are in place for chief constables about the allocation of resources.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	48290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>It is for Chief Constables and directly elected local policing bodies (including Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs), Mayors exercising PCC functions and the London Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime) to make operational decisions including how to allocate resources based on their local knowledge and experience, as well as any relevant Section 92 grant related conditions placed on Section 92 grants.</p><p>The Policing Protocol sets out to all local policing bodies, Chief Constables and Police and Crime Panels (including the London Assembly Police and Crime Panel) how their functions will be exercised in relation to each other. It sets out the high-level financial responsibilities of the local policing body and the Chief Constable, making clear that the former is ultimately accountable to the public for the management of the Police Fund while the latter has day to day responsibility for managing their allocated budgets after these have been approved by the local policing body.</p><p>The department also publishes a Financial Management Code of Practice which provides clarity around the financial governance arrangements within the police in England and Wales. The Code builds on the Policing Protocol and sets out the working financial relationship between the local policing bodies and the Chief Constable and their respective Chief Finance Officers, having regard also to the role performed by the local policing body’s Chief Executive.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 20/09/2022 17:46:01 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin previous answer version 19152 answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1490231

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she last (a) conducted a review of the Police Allocation Formula (PAF) and (b) made an assessment of the impact of the PAF on the West Midlands; and if she will publish a breakdown of the effect of damping on police funding allocations to West Midlands Police in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	38784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2022 answer text <p>The government is currently conducting a review of the Police Funding Formula. We recognise that the current police funding formula is out of date and no longer accurately reflects demand on policing. We intend to introduce a new funding formula before the next General Election.</p><p>Floor damping was applied by the then Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG - now the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) before DCLG funding for local policing bodies was transferred to the Home Office in 2013/14. Funding allocations were confirmed through the 2013/14 Police Grant Report, and the floor damping calculation for policing bodies was set out in “Calculating the 2013/14 Formula Funding‟ which accompanied the Provisional Local Government Finance Report (England) 2013/14.</p><p>The annual Police Grant Report published by the Home Office provides information on how allocations have been made from 2013/14 to 2022/23. Damping applied to funding for local policing bodies before 2013/14 by the then-DCLG is set out in the annual Local Government Finance settlements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 26/07/2022 13:56:32 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1462405

registered interest
date	12/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to review the police allocation formula.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
uin	1346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p>The Police Funding Formula Review is currently in progress, with ministers having confirmed their intention to introduce a new formula before the end of this Parliament.</p><p>The technical phase of the Review, which will deliver proposals for new funding arrangements, is underway, and a public consultation will take place before any new funding arrangements are implemented.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/05/2022 09:28:00 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt

1379485

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the public consultation on the revised national police funding formula will open.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Stuart Anderson
uin	76830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2021 answer text <p>The government recognises that the current police funding formula is out of date and no longer accurately reflects demand on policing.</p><p>A review of the funding formula is now underway, and we are working closely with the policing sector and relevant experts to develop proposals for new funding arrangements. A full public consultation will take place before any new funding arrangements are put in place.</p><p>We have previously confirmed our intention to complete this work before the next General Election.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 25/11/2021 15:26:35 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4742 label Biography information for Stuart Anderson

1365069

registered interest
date	01/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in which financial year will the revised police national funding formula take effect.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	67092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government has committed to reviewing the police funding formula before the next General Election and our intention is to introduce new arrangements at the earliest opportunity.</p><p> </p><p>Reviewing the funding formula will be a complex process that will require close working with the policing sector and relevant experts to develop proposals, and a full public consultation will take place before any new funding arrangements are put in place.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 09/11/2021 17:55:09 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous