Written questions

Neighbourhood Policing: Finance

Commons · Question 36082 · Tabled 6 Mar 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 11 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions on the funding for neighbourhood police officers in the financial year 2025-26 and beyond.

Answer

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 11 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...