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<p>Policing is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland and the Police Service of Northern
Ireland’s main budget is allocated by the Department of Justice from the Northern
Ireland Executive block grant.</p><p>The recent Budget that the Secretary of State
set for Northern Ireland provides the Northern Ireland Department of Justice with
a total resource allocation of £1.2 billion. It is for the Department of Justice now
to determine the allocation of funding to the Police Service of Northern Ireland from
its overall budget.</p><p>In addition to the block grant, the UK Government provides
the Police Service of Northern Ireland with additional security funding to tackle
the SEVERE threat from Northern Ireland related terrorism. In the financial year 2022-23
this was circa £32 million and this figure is confirmed through to 2024-25.</p><p>
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