Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask His Majesty's Government, with regard to the Spending Review 2025, what estimate they used of the amount available from council tax receipts in each year of the Spending Review in (1) England, and (2) Wales, to calculate the 1.7 per cent per year real increase in police spending power over the Spending Review period; and whether they will place a copy of the calculations and data used to produce that figure in the Library of the House.

Police core spending power refers to the projected total police settlement funding for Counter Terrorism Police and Territorial Police. The Spending Review (SR) Phase 2 settlement projected an average 1.7% real terms increase per year in police spending power. Over the SR period, police spending power is projected to increase by an average 2.3% per year in real terms.

Police core spending power includes projected spending from additional income, including estimated funding from the police council tax precept. The final police precept level and core government funding will be set out in the annual police funding settlement in the usual way.