Kelly Tolhurst – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kelly Tolhurst on 2015-11-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received on changing the police funding formula.

Mike Penning

Current police funding arrangements are complex, opaque and out of date. This reflects views put forward by PCCs, police forces and Committees of this House. It is essential that we come to a new funding formula that is fair, transparent and matched to demand – but also one that is supported by policing as a whole. However, we have listened to the views of policing partners and are minded to delay the proposed changes to the formula for 2016/17.