Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional (a) funding and (b) resources have been allocated to (i) the Metropolitan Police, (ii) each other police force and (iii) British Transport Police to enable them to enforce the wearing of face masks in (A) enclosed public spaces and (B) on public transport.

The 2020/21 police funding settlement set out the biggest increase in funding for policing since 2010 with the Metropolitan Police receiving an increase of up to £193m.

Ministers have been clear that the Police will get the financial support they need to see them through the COVID-19 pandemic. The department took immediate steps to increase the availability of funding for forces to meet cashflow pressures caused by the coronavirus.

We continue to work closely with the policing sector to build evidence of the additional pressures they are incurring from COVID-19 in order to inform cross-Government discussions on their future funding needs.

British Transport Police is not a Home Office funded police force.