Police: Finance
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, from what year is the population data used to calculate the police allocation formula.
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson
The Home Office publishes a Police Grant Report on an annual basis. The Report sets out the Home Secretary’s determination, made under section 46(2) of the Police Act 1996, of:
- the aggregate amount of grants for police purposes paid under Section 46, and;
- the amount of grant paid to pay each local policing body in England and Wales under the same section.
The Report includes a definition of the indicators used to calculate Police Main Grant, including population. A copy of the most recent Report for 2024-25 has been placed in the Libraries of both Houses and can be found online:
Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2024-25 (publishing.service.gov.uk)
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