Counter-terrorism: Police
(asked on 3rd July 2017) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential effect on public safety of decreasing the Counter Terrorism Policing and Protective Security Grant by 7.2 per cent in cash terms over the next two years.
The Government’s top priority is the safety and security of the public. We have protected Counter-Terrorism police spend in real terms over the Spending Review period and invested in counter-terrorism policing to grow key capabilities, including providing £144m to increase armed policing capability.
Funding for counter-terrorism policing is announced to Parliament ahead of the beginning of each financial year. The settlement for 2017-18 was published in a Written Ministerial Statement on 1 February 2017. Funding for 2018-19 will be announced in due course.
To reflect how we fight terrorism in the 21st century we have increased total spending on CT across Government by 30% from the planned comprehensive spending review £11.7bn to £15.2bn meaning more money for our Intelligence service, police and other agencies.