Police and Security: Northern Ireland

(asked on 19th October 2020) - View Source

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on meeting the financial commitments to policing and security outlined in the New Decade New Approach agreement.


Answered by
Robin Walker Portrait
Robin Walker
This question was answered on 22nd October 2020

Policing is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland and the PSNI’s main budget is allocated by the Department of Justice from the Northern Ireland block grant.

The UK Government provides the Police Service of Northern Ireland with the additional security funding it needs to ensure that it has the resource to tackle the SEVERE threat from Northern Ireland related terrorism. This additional security funding ensures PSNI’s ability to tackle the terrorist threat while ensuring day-to-day policing is not compromised.

PSNI received £160m in additional security funding from 2015-2021.

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