Police: Finance
(asked on 6th January 2016) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on policing in (a) England and (b) the West Midlands between (i) January 2013 and December 2015 and (ii) January 2010 and December 2012.
The police in England and Wales receive funding from two main sources - central Government and the police precept component of council tax.
The table below shows the amount of revenue funding provided by central Government to the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for the West Midlands (formerly the West Midlands Police Authority), and the amount of central Government revenue funding provided by central Government to PCCs (formerly police authorities) and their London equivalents in England from 2009/2010 to 2015/2016. It also shows precept funding for the relevant years.
Overall police spending (central Government funding plus precept) will be protected in real terms over the next Spending Review period. This is an increase of up to £900 million in cash terms by 2019/20.
Police reform is working and, according to the independent Crime Survey for England and Wales, crime has fallen by more than a quarter since 2010. This is the lowest level since the survey began in 1981. In the West Midlands, crime has fallen by 15 per cent compared with 2010.
£m | West Midlands | England | ||||
Year | Government funding* | Precept** | Total | Government funding* | Precept** | Total |
2009-2010 | 529.0 | 77.9 | 606.9 | 8,573.4 | 2,913.7 | 11,487.1 |
2010-2011 | 540.8 | 79.4 | 620.2 | 8,686.2 | 2,982.9 | 11,669.1 |
2011-2012 | 515.8 | 79.7 | 595.4 | 8,292.0 | 3,039.7 | 11,331.7 |
2012-2013 | 484.7 | 80.0 | 564.7 | 7,823.1 | 3,093.2 | 10,916.3 |
2013-2014 | 474.8 | 82.0 | 556.8 | 7,655.0 | 3,128.6 | 10,783.6 |
2014-2015 | 458.9 | 84.4 | 543.3 | 7,385.5 | 3,207.4 | 10,592.9 |
2015-2016 | 435.6 | 87.3 | 522.8 | 7,031.2 | 3,289.8 | 10,321.0 |
*Government funding figures include specific grants that have since been rolled into Police Main Grant (including Rule 2 Grant, the Neighbourhood Policing Fund and, from 2013/14, the Community Safety Fund) in order to provide consistency over the time period.
Since 2011/12, West Midlands and other English force areas have been in receipt of Council Tax Freeze Grants. These amounts are included in the figures, along with National and International City Grants paid to the London forces.
These figures do not include funding for counter-terrorism policing, or additional funding received by the police from other specific grants, the Police Innovation Fund or other sources.
**From 2013/14, West Midlands and other English force areas have also received Local Council Tax Support (LCTS) funding. These amounts are included within the precept totals to assist comparison with previous years.