Debate: Police Grant Report England and Wales 2016-17

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Police Grant Report England and Wales 2016-17

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Fri 5th Feb 2016
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Thursday 4th February 2016

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The Minister for Policing, Crime and Criminal Justice (Mike Penning)

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My right hon. Friend the Home Secretary has today laid before the House, “The Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2016/17” (HC 753). The report sets out, my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary’s determination for 2016-17 of the aggregate amount of grant that she proposes to pay under section 46(2) of the Police Act 1996, and the amount to be paid to the Greater London Authority for the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime.

At the time the provisional police grant report 2016-17 was laid on 17 December 2015 I said that I was also considering whether a limited amount of police capital grant would be reallocated. After careful consideration I have decided that £10.4 million will be reallocated to support police national technology services. This will assist in providing necessary investment in these critical police services.

To assist police and crime commissioners and chief constables with their medium-term financial planning, I have also decided to provide further information on the police funding settlement over the spending review period. Please note that these figures are indicative only. Home Office Ministers will decide on the level of reallocations for each year on an annual basis, but PCCs should assume that these will be broadly in line with those in 2016-17. PCCs should plan on the basis that their direct resource funding—consisting of formula funding, legacy council tax grants, national and international city grants and precept—will remain at broadly flat cash levels when compared with 2015-16, throughout the spending review period.

This statement also includes details of other funding streams that the Home Office, the Department of Communities and Local Government and the Welsh Government intend to provide to the police in 2016-17.

*Table 1: The 2015 spending review settlement for the police*
	15-16^* (£m)	16-17 (£m)	17-18 (£m)	18-19 (£m)	19-20 (£m)	Change (£m)	Cash change (%)	Real change (%)
Government funding (excl CT)	8,271	8,378	8,497	8,631	8,785	514	6.2%	-1.4%
o/w Home Office	8,099	8,204	8,321	8,453	8,604	506	6.2%	-1.4%
o/w DCLG	37	37	37	37	37	0	0.0%	-7.2%
o/w Welsh Government	135	137	139	141	143	8	6.2%	-1.4%
Precept	3,105	3,194	3,286	3,379	3,474	369	11.9%	3.8%
Total	11,376	11,572	11,783	12,010	12,259	883	7.8%	0.0%
*Central Government funding includes Airwave which has been brought into the police settlement and council tax freeze grant amounts which were not known at the time of the 2015-16 annual police settlement.

*Table* 2: *Indicative breakdown of the 2015 spending review settlement*
£m	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
Total central Government funding*	8,355	8,461	8,583	8,725
o/w ESMCP	80	175	160	55
o/w Police transformation fund and other reallocations (including Airwave and PFI)	491	545	725	1,017
o/w Direct funding	7,784	7,741	7,698	7,653
Precept**	3,194	3,286	3,379	3,474
Overall resource funding***	10,978	11,026	11,076	11,127
These figures include baseline adjustments for HMIC and NCA. Assumes a tax base increase of 0.5%. These figures are based on conservative tax base growth assumptions used at the time of the spending review announcement. These will be updated over time in line with the latest projections from the Office for Budget Responsibility. Figures assume that all PCCs maximise their precept up to the 2%/£5 referendum limit in each year and PCCs in Wales increase precept by 2% each year. These figures assume the 10 PCCs in the lower quartile receiving this additional flexibility remain the same as in 2016-17. **Direct resource funding consists of formula funding, NICC grants, legacy council tax grants and precept. Note: figures may not sum due to rounding.

*Table* 3: Police revenue funding 2016-17
Police funding	16-17
	£m
Central Government funding*	8,995
o/w CT Police Grant**	640
o/w Airwave	204
o/w Police Private Finance Initiatives	73
o/w Legacy Council Tax Grants	545
Overall core Government settlement funding	7,534
Reallocations	218
o/w Direct Entry	4.6
o/w Emergency Services Network	80
o/w Independent Police Complaints Commission (for the transfer of integrity functions)	32
o/w Innovation Fund	55
o/w Major Programmes (HOB and NPDP)	21.8
o/w Special Grant	25
Transformation Fund	76
Total direct Government funding	7,239
Government formula funding	7,061
cash change	-41
cash change percentage from 15-16	-0.6%
real change percentage	-2.3 %
National and international Capital City Grants	178
o/w City of London Police	4.5
o/w Metropolitan Police	173.6
Precept	3,194
Overall resource funding***	10,978
cash change	51
cash change percentage	0.5%
real cut	-1.2%
* includes £14 million baseline adjustment for NCA in 2016-17. A separate baseline transfer has been applied for HMIC. Additional capital of £30 million will be provided for CT policing. *Comprises formula funding, NICC grants, legacy council tax grants and precept.

Detail of Police Transformation Funds (totals indicative)
Transformation fund	76.4
o/w new transformation funding	37.8
o/w Firearms	34
o/w Digital justice (CJS)/digital investigations (DII)	4.6

*Table* 4: Police Capital 2016-17
2015-16 Police Capital	£m
Police Capital Grant	54.1
Special Grant Capital	1
National Police Air Service	16.5
Police Live Services	10.4
Total	82

*Table 5: Revenue allocations for England and Wales 2016-17*
	2016-17
Local Policing Body	HO core (including Rule 1)	Welsh Top-up	WG	Ex-DCLGFormula Funding	Legacy CouncilTax Grants (total from HO)
	£m
Avon and Somerset	105.0	-	-	56.5	14.7
Bedfordshire	40.3	-	-	23.3	4.6
Cambridgeshire	48.5	-	-	24.4	6.5
Cheshire	61.5	-	-	44.8	8.3
City of London	18.4	-	-	33.6	0.1
Cleveland	46.2	-	-	38.5	7.7
Cumbria	28.7	-	-	30.8	4.8
Derbyshire	62.1	-	-	37.7	8.7
Devon and Cornwall	102.7	-	-	63.1	15.5
Dorset	41.2	-	-	17.3	7.9
Durham	42.7	-	-	37.0	6.1
Dyfed-Powys	32.1	5.1	12.9	-	-
Essex	102.8	-	-	55.9	13.1
Gloucestershire	34.4	-	-	19.5	6.1
Greater London Authority	861.5	-	-	749.8	119.7
Greater Manchester	226.6	-	-	181.4	25.7
Gwent	42.4	-	30.1	-	-
Hampshire	120.0	-	-	63.1	12.9
Hertfordshire	71.4	-	-	36.4	10.2
Humberside	67.2	-	-	46.6	10.0
Kent	106.3	-	-	66.6	13.3
Lancashire	100.6	-	-	79.2	12.8
Leicestershire	65.3	-	-	39.6	8.9
Lincolnshire	38.4	-	-	20.3	6.8
Merseyside	122.5	-	-	112.8	15.6
Norfolk	50.2	-	-	28.8	9.3
North Wales	46.3	4.9	21.6	-	-
North Yorkshire	41.7	-	-	27.0	7.9
Northamptonshire	43.2	-	-	24.2	6.6
Northumbria	110.1	-	-	107.4	8.2
Nottinghamshire	77.9	-	-	48.1	9.7
South Wales	87.5	-	72.2	-	-
South Yorkshire	100.6	-	-	77.5	10.9
Staffordshire	66.5	-	-	39.9	12.0
Suffolk	40.7	-	-	22.9	6.8
Surrey	62.2	-	-	29.2	9.2
Sussex	97.8	-	-	53.9	13.2
Thames Valley	141.2	-	-	73.9	15.3
Warwickshire	31.0	-	-	17.4	5.2
West Mercia	66.3	-	-	43.4	12.0
West Midlands	250.8	-	-	180.3	19.0
West Yorkshire	171.5	-	-	129.3	16.7
Wiltshire	37.5	-	-	20.7	5.2
Total England and Wales	4,112.0	9.9	136.8	2,802.2	507.4

*Table* 6: Change in total direct resource funding*
Force Area	2015-16	2016-17	Cash change
	£m	£m	£m	%
Avon and Somerset	269.3	270.7	1.4	0.5%
Bedfordshire	99.6	100.0	0.4	0.4%
Cambridgeshire	128.1	128.9	0.8	0.6%
Cheshire	169.5	170.9	1.4	0.8%
City of London	55.4	56.8	1.4	2.5%
Cleveland	122.3	122.5	0.3	0.2%
Cumbria	99.2	99.7	0.5	0.5%
Derbyshire	160.7	161.4	0.7	0.4%
Devon and Cornwall	278.0	279.5	1.5	0.5%
Dorset	118.4	119.3	1.0	0.8%
Durham	112.5	112.7	0.2	0.2%
Dyfed-Powys	93.3	94.1	0.8	0.8%
Essex	260.8	263.4	2.5	1.0%
Gloucestershire	104.3	105.1	0.8	0.8%
Greater London Authority	2,517.4	2,522.4	5.0	0.2%
Greater Manchester	541.2	542.9	1.7%	0.3%
Gwent	117.8	118.5	0.7	0.6%
Hampshire	299.1	300.6	1.5	0.5%
Hertfordshire	181.1	182.9	1.8	1.0%
Humberside	169.4	169.8	0.5	0.3%
Kent	273.1	275.5	2.4	0.9%
Lancashire	258.9	259.5	0.6	0.2%
Leicestershire	167.7	168.5	0.7	0.4%
Lincolnshire	108.4	109.1	0.7	0.7%
Merseyside	307.0	307.0	0.0	0.0%
Norfolk	145.5	146.5	1.0	0.7%
North Wales	139.8	141.1	1.3	0.9%
North Yorkshire	137.1	138.2	1.1	0.8%
Northamptonshire	119.2	119.9	0.7	0.6%
Northumbria	259.5	260.3	0.8	0.3%
Nottinghamshire	188.9	189.5	0.6	0.3%
South Wales	255.1	256.5	1.5	0.6%
South Yorkshire	239.1	240.0	0.9	0.4%
Staffordshire	176.7	177.6	0.8	0.5%
Suffolk	110.9	111.6	0.6	0.6%
Surrey	205.0	207.1	2.1	1.0%
Sussex	249.7	252.1	2.5	1.0%
Thames Valley	369.7	371.9	2.2	0.6%
Warwickshire	89.5	90.1	0.6	0.7%
West Mercia	198.5	199.8	1.3	0.6%
West Midlands	522.8	524.0	1.2	0.2%
West Yorkshire	404.6	406.3	1.7	0.4%
Wiltshire	102.8	103.5	0.6	0.6%
Total	10,927.0	10,977.8	50.8	0.5%
*This includes all formula grant, NICC grants and legacy council tax grants and police precept. This assumes that PCCs in England increase their precept to the maximum referendum limit in 2016-17, PCCs in Wales raise council tax by 2% and tax base growth of 0.5% across England and Wales.

*Table 7: Capital allowances for England and Wales 2016-17*
Local Policing Body	2016-17
	£m
Avon and Somerset	1.2
Bedfordshire	0.5
Cambridgeshire	0.6
Cheshire	0.8
City of London	0.4
Cleveland	0.6
Cumbria	0.4
Derbyshire	0.7
Devon and Cornwall	1.3
Dorset	0.5
Durham	0.6
Dyfed-Powys	0.4
Essex	1.1
Gloucestershire	0.4
Greater Manchester	2.7
Gwent	0.5
Hampshire	1.4
Hertfordshire	0.7
Humberside	0.8
Kent	1.3
Lancashire	1.3
Leicestershire	0.8
Lincolnshire	0.5
Merseyside	1.6
Metropolitan	14.3
Norfolk	0.6
North Wales	0.5
North Yorkshire	0.5
Northamptonshire	0.5
Northumbria	1.5
Nottinghamshire	0.9
South Wales	1.1
South Yorkshire	1.3
Staffordshire	0.8
Suffolk	0.5
Surrey	0.7
Sussex	1.1
Thames Valley	1.7
Warwickshire	0.5
West Mercia	0.9
West Midlands	2.9
West Yorkshire	2.1
Wiltshire	0.5
Total	54.1

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