Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) the Metropolitan Police and (b) other police forces on the cost to the public purse of policing protests relating to the Israel-Hamas conflict since October 2023.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Home Secretary and Minister of State for Policing, Crime and Fire speak to chief constables on an ongoing basis on a range of subjects. As set out in the Home Affairs Select Committee’s recent report, NPCC and MPS leaders indicate that the costs of the policing Israel-Hamas-related protests was at least £25million between 7 October and 17 December. However, this figure includes the costs of community patrols, engagement and investigations that have taken place in efforts to tackle issues related to the ongoing Israel-Hamas-related conflict.
While we expect all police forces to hold reasonable levels of contingency funding for unplanned operations, it is open to Police and Crime Commissioners and their equivalents to request additional funding through the Police Special Grant. Criteria and guidance are published on gov.uk Special grant guidance - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). It should be noted that the Metropolitan Police has the highest level of officers and funding per capita of all forces in England and Wales and a third more funding than similar areas like Manchester, Birmingham and Liverpool.
Mentions:
1: Dunbar, Jackie (SNP - Aberdeen Donside) Can the minister provide an update on how the United Kingdom’s gross domestic product per capita compares - Speech Link
2: Constance, Angela (SNP - Almond Valley) Scotland also has more police officers per capita than England and Wales and offers higher pay ranges - Speech Link
3: Dowey, Sharon (Con - South Scotland) overall crime jumped by more than 10 per cent at a time when police numbers have fallen in Ayrshire - Speech Link
4: Constance, Angela (SNP - Almond Valley) there continue to be more police officers per capita in Scotland than there are in England and Wales - Speech Link
5: Constance, Angela (SNP - Almond Valley) The police resource budget will be increased by £75.7 million, which is a 5.6 per cent increase, with - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Lawlor (Con - Life peer) The ONS estimates that GDP per capita decreased by 0.7% in 2023. - Speech Link
2: Lord Horam (Con - Life peer) But looking at GDP per capita, we drop down to 21st. - Speech Link
3: Lord Livermore (Lab - Life peer) In per capita terms, our economy has not grown since the first quarter of 2022. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Slater, Lorna (Green - Lothian) New nuclear is expensive, and those costs will impact consumer bills. - Speech Link
2: McAllan, Màiri (SNP - Clydesdale) We have achieved success: since 2007, Scotland’s gross domestic product per capita has grown by 10.8 - Speech Link
3: Robison, Shona (SNP - Dundee City East) However, despite not having those levers, Scotland’s gross domestic product per capita has grown faster - Speech Link
4: Robison, Shona (SNP - Dundee City East) capita, productivity growth and earnings. - Speech Link
5: Greene, Jamie (Con - West Scotland) Those are not wealthy tycoons; senior teachers, senior nurses, senior police officers and many in our - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Stewart, Alexander (Con - Mid Scotland and Fife) Touring artists are being priced out of Edinburgh due to escalating accommodation costs. - Speech Link
2: Mountain, Edward (Con - Highlands and Islands) by taxpayers, who deserve to hear the answer right here in their Parliament about exactly what the costs - Speech Link
3: Marra, Michael (Lab - North East Scotland) The fear of care costs in the future was used to justify significant legal and financial decisions that - Speech Link
4: Constance, Angela (SNP - Almond Valley) Scotland continues to have more police officers per capita than England and Wales and higher pay ranges - Speech Link
5: Griffin, Mark (Lab - Central Scotland) cent among police officers and 165 per cent among police staff. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: None From Scotland’s perspective, the block grant mechanism’s being indexed per capita and baselining that - Speech Link
2: None The most significant financial element for us was securing the permanence of the index per capita methodology - Speech Link
3: None per capita and more fire officers per capita. - Speech Link
4: None We think that that investment in our police service will enable us to maintain our police numbers and - Speech Link
5: None That has been affected by inflation and those costs, but I am very determined to keep those costs down - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) Indeed, in per capita terms our economy has not grown since the first quarter of 2022—the longest period - Speech Link
2: Ian Blackford (SNP - Ross, Skye and Lochaber) Friend the Member for Dundee East (Stewart Hosie) said, the starting point is GDP per capita. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Rachel Reeves (Lab - Leeds West) The reality is that GDP per capita is set to shrink, not grow, this year, having shrunk and not grown - Speech Link
2: Karin Smyth (Lab - Bristol South) Parents know that schools have had their per capita funding cut. - Speech Link
3: Danny Kruger (Con - Devizes) capita, which is the fundamental measure, despite the poor record of GDP per capita in recent years, - Speech Link
Mar. 25 2024
Source Page: The Khan Review: Threats to Social Cohesion and Democratic ResilienceFound: Although it might be more expensive and resource intensive in per capita terms, these costs can be mitigated
Jan. 26 2012
Source Page: The economic and social costs of crime against individuals and households 2003/04. Home Office report 30/05. 46 p.Found: The economic and social costs of crime against individuals and households 2003/04.