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Andrew Selous

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Monday 20th March 2023

(2 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Suella Braverman Portrait Suella Braverman
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Many people have commented on this. All I will say is that people who resort to such analogies have already lost the argument.

Andrew Selous Portrait Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire) (Con)
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6. What recent progress her Department has made on reviewing the police funding formula.

Chris Philp Portrait The Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire (Chris Philp)
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I thank my hon. Friend for raising this important topic. The Government are committed to reviewing the police funding formula, in which there are some unfairnesses. The police funding formula is historical and somewhat out of date, and we intend to consult on it in the near future.

Andrew Selous Portrait Andrew Selous
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Will the new funding formula be crime based, rather than just population based? Will it be implemented immediately for the winners, to stop the gross unfairness of the current formula to forces such as Bedfordshire?

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