Crime
Commons · Question 36081 · Tabled 6 Mar 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that police forces are sufficiently resourced to tackle crime rates.
Answer
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 14 Mar 2025
The 2025-26 final police funding settlement provides funding of up to £19.6 billion for the policing system in England and Wales. This is an overall increase of up to £1.1 billion when compared to the 2024-25 and represents a 6% cash increase and 3.5% rea...