Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Nick Hurd and Bambos Charalambous

Monday 29th October 2018 Commons Chamber

[Bambos Charalambous (Enfield, Southgate) (Lab)]

14. What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of police funding.

[The Minister for Policing and the Fire Service (Mr Nick Hurd)]

As taxpayers, we are investing over £1 billion more in our police system than we were three years ago. That shows the Government’s recognition of not only the increasing demand on police and the increasing complexity of that demand, but the progress that we are making in reducing the deficit in our public finances—progress jeopardised by the current Labour Front-Bench team.

[Bambos Charalambous]

The Minister will no doubt be aware of the lamentable findings of the recently published Home Affairs Committee report, “Policing for the future”. Does he agree with its conclusion that without

“additional funding for policing…there will be dire consequences for public safety, criminal justice, community cohesion and public confidence”?

Will he join me in calling on the Chancellor to provide substantially more funding for policing not only in my constituency of Enfield, Southgate, but throughout the country?