Written questions

Neighbourhood Policing: Finance

Commons · Question 49732 · Tabled 1 May 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 12 May 2025

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what methodology was used to determine the allocation of neighbourhood policing funding to each police force area as part of the 2025-26 settlement.

Answer

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 12 May 2025

The Government has provided £200 million for 2025/26 to kickstart the recruitment of 13,000 additional neighbourhood police officers and PCSOs by the end of the Parliament. Force-level allocations have been determined using the Police Funding Formula.The ...