Lord Lester of Herne Hill – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Lester of Herne Hill on 2014-06-04.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether public funds are used by the Police Federation to support defamation litigation.

Lord Taylor of Holbeach

Funding provided by the Government to the Police Federation of England and Wales may only be used for specific purposes. These are to pay part of the salaries of its principal officers, and to support their statutory function in negotiating the pay of police officers.

As the Home Secretary announced on 21 May, all Government funding provided to the Police Federation will cease by August this year.