Police: Finance
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the (a) cash terms and (b) real terms increase in the police settlement for 2025-26 includes (i) the increase in council tax and (ii) the compensatory funding for the increase in National Insurance.
Answered by Sarah Jones
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 £1.2 billion when compared to the 2024-25 settlement.
This includes precept actuals, which was a £407.7 million increase compared to the 2024-25 settlement, and the £230.3 million for the changes to employer National Insurance Contributions.
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