Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to increase the allocation of funding for the police in Hampshire.

In December 2023 the Government published the provisional Police Funding Settlement for 2024-25 which proposed a total police funding settlement of up to £18.4 billion in 2024-25, an increase of up to £842.9 million compared to 2023-24.

Hampshire Police will receive funding of up to £464.2 million of funding in 2024-25, an increase of £29.2 million compared to 2023-24.