Police Service of Northern Ireland: Expenditure
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of UK Government funding allocated to the PSNI as Additional Security Funding in each financial year since 2011.
Answered by Hilary Benn
Recognising the unique security situation in Northern Ireland, the UK Government makes contributions to the PSNI through Additional Security Funding. The aim of the funding is to enable the PSNI to tackle terrorist threats while ensuring day-to-day policing is not compromised, allowing them to continue keeping people safe.
This Government is providing the PSNI with £37.8 million in Additional Security Funding in the 2025/26 financial year, an increase from c£32m. The 2025 Spending Review confirmed the PSNI will be provided with £37.8 million in Additional Security Funding for each of the next 3 financial years.
The amount provided to the PSNI in Additional Security funding in each full financial year since 2011 is shown below:
Financial Year | Amount |
2011/12 | £57.1m |
2012/13 | £53.3m |
2013/14 | £62.4m |
2014/15 | £26.7m |
2015/16 | c£32m |
2016/17 | c£32m |
2017/18 | c£32m |
2018/19 | c£32m |
2019/20 | c£32m |
2020/21 | c£32m |
2021/22 | c£32m |
2022/23 | c£32m |
2023/24 | c£32m |
2024/25 | c£32m |
2025/26 | £37.8 |
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