Roger Godsiff – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Roger Godsiff on 2016-09-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total budget was for West Midlands police force in each of the last seven years.
Brandon Lewis
Details of core Government funding to Police and Crime Commissioners (and previously Police Authorities) are published annually in the Police Grant Report. These can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-finance Figures for 2010-11 to 2016-17 are shown below for information. Police and Crime Commissioners are required to publish annual group accounts showing the budget and expenditure for their respective police forces and their own offices, including precept and other local income. For West Midlands Police, these are available at http://www.westmidlands-pcc.gov.uk/transparency/budgetary-and-financial-information/statements-of-accounts
|
Year |
Core Government funding (£) |
|
2010/11 |
504,297,082 |
|
2011/12 |
497,784,836 |
|
2012/13 |
464,421,955 |
|
2013/14 |
472,809,895 |
|
2014/15 |
456,919,964 |
|
2015/16 |
433,573,284 |
|
2016/17 |
431,099,809 |
Note: Some specific grants have been rolled into core Government funding over this period, including in 2012/13, the Neighbourhood Policing Fund and in 2014/15, the Community Safety Fund. This affects comparison between the figures over the period. Additionally, core funding previously paid by DCLG became part of Home Office core funding in 2013/14. These figures are included in all years to aid comparison.
