Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the total cost to police forces in England and Wales of policing the state visit by President Donald Trump in July 2018.

The Home Office has made no estimate of the total costs to policing in England and Wales. The three forces who hosted aspects of the visit (Essex, Thames Valley and the Metropolitan Police) are currently compiling information on cost of their respective operations, including for mutual aid support from other forces.

Police forces who experience unplanned or exceptional costs may apply for additional funding through the Police Special Grant, which we expect to be the mechanism used in this instance.