Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether funding allocated to police authorities to cover increased employer National Insurance contributions will be added to base budgets for future financial years.

The 2025-26 final police funding settlement provides funding of up to £19.6 billion for the policing system in England and Wales. This is an increase of up to £1.1 billion compared to 2024-25 and includes £230.3 million for territorial police forces to support them with the costs of the changes to National Insurance Contributions.