Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, from what year is the population data used to calculate the police allocation formula.

The Home Office publishes a Police Grant Report on an annual basis. The Report sets out the Home Secretary’s determination, made under section 46(2) of the Police Act 1996, of:

• the aggregate amount of grants for police purposes paid under Section 46, and;
• the amount of grant paid to pay each local policing body in England and Wales under the same section.

The Report includes a definition of the indicators used to calculate Police Main Grant, including population. A copy of the most recent Report for 2024-25 has been placed in the Libraries of both Houses and can be found online:

Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2024-25 (publishing.service.gov.uk)