Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support the long-term funding of Leicestershire Police.

The 2024-25 police funding settlement provides Leicestershire Police with funding of up to £256.0 million in 2024-25. The Home Office will provide additional government grant funding of £175 million to policing in 2024-25 to support the costs of the 2024 police pay award, from which Leicestershire will receive a further £2.4 million.

The Budget published on 30 October confirmed that the core government grant for police forces in England and Wales will increase in 2025-26. Further details and force level allocations will be set out at the forthcoming provisional settlement in December.

Funding for future years beyond 2025-26 will be set out in phase 2 of the Spending Review.