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Oral Answers to Questions

Jack Abbott Excerpts
Monday 21st October 2024

(1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jack Abbott Portrait Jack Abbott (Ipswich) (Lab/Co-op)
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T8. I agree with the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire (Blake Stephenson). Despite the previous Government’s promises to reform funding settlements, as usual they failed to deliver. Does the Secretary of State agree that we must review the current situation, reform the police funding formula and finally deliver fairer funding for local people?

Diana Johnson Portrait Dame Diana Johnson
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As part of the spending review, we want to consider police funding in the round, including how police funding is allocated to forces. The sector, including the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners and the National Police Chiefs’ Council, is engaged in the process.