Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to provide additional support to Lincolnshire Police following the expiry of its contract with G4S and its transition to insourcing services.

All contractual matters between a police force and any third-party service provider are operational and financial decisions that are the responsibility of the force and locally accountable Police and Crime Commissioner.

If a force faces financial instability then they are able to make a Police Special Grant application. Guidance for Special Grant applications can be found on gov.uk and all applications meeting the criteria set within the guidance will be considered and a funding decision made in due course.