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<p>The additional cost to policing in 2019-20 of employer contributions to police
pensions is estimated to be £330 million.</p><p>The 2019-20 police funding settlement
provides additional funding of over £970 million, including general Government grant
funding, pensions grant, council tax precept and investment in national priorities.
This substantial increase in funding will enable forces to meet their genuine financial
pressures as well as to invest in key capabilities. Police and Crime Commissioners
have already set out plans to hire an additional 2,900 officers and nearly 600 police
staff and PCSOs.</p>
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