Police Funding Settlement 2025-26

Diana Johnson Excerpts

Thursday 30th January 2025 Written Statements

[The Minister for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention (Dame Diana Johnson)]

My right hon. Friend the Home Secretary has today laid before the House the “Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2025-26” (HC 621). The report sets out the Home Secretary’s determination for 2025-26 of the aggregate amounts of grants that she proposes to pay under section 46(2) of the Police Act 1996. Copies of the report are available from the Vote Office.

With this additional funding, overall funding for policing will total up to £19.6 billion in 2025-26, an increase of up to £1.1 billion when compared to the 2024-25 settlement. Of this amount, funding available to police and crime commissioners (PCCs) for their local police force will be up to £17.5 billion—an increase of up to an additional £1.1 billion in 2025-26, a 6.6% cash increase and 4.1% real-terms increase. This includes an additional £100 million for neighbourhood policing above that announced at the provisional police funding settlement. This assumes PCCs make use of the full precept flexibility of £14 for English forces.

This settlement demonstrates the Government continued commitment to putting officers back on the beat in communities across the country, and giving forces the resources to keep the public safe. We look forward to working with officers and police staff across the country on our shared ambition to make our streets safer.

The tables document funding to PCCs for 2025-26, including precept can be viewed online at: http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2025-01-30/HCWS407/

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