My rt hon Friend the Minister of State for Policing, Crime and Criminal Justice (Mike Penning) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:
My rt hon Friend, the Home Secretary, has today laid before the House, the Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2016/17 (HC 753). The Report sets out, my Rt Hon Friend, the Home Secretary’s determination for 2016/17 of the aggregate amount of grant that she proposes to pay under section 46(2) of the Police Act 1996, and the amount to be paid to the Greater London Authority for the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime.
At the time the Provisional Police Grant Report 2016/17 was laid on 17 December 2015 I said that I was also considering whether a limited amount of Police Capital Grant would be reallocated. After careful consideration I have decided that £10.4m will be reallocated to support police national technology services. This will assist in providing necessary investment in these critical police services.
To assist Police and Crime Commissioners and Chief Constables with their medium term financial planning, I have also decided to provide further information on the police funding settlement over the Spending Review period. Please note that these figures are indicative only. Home Office Ministers will decide on the level of reallocations for each year on an annual basis, but PCCs should assume that these will be broadly in line with those in 2016/17. PCCs should plan on the basis that their direct resource funding (consisting of formula funding, Legacy Council Tax Grants, National and International City Grants and precept) will remain at broadly flat cash levels when compared with 2015/16, throughout the Spending Review period.
This Statement also includes details of other funding streams that the Home Office, the Department of Communities and Local Government and the Welsh Government intend to provide to the police in 2016/17.
Table 1: The 2015 Spending Review settlement for the police
|
15/16* (£m) |
16/17 (£m) |
17/18 (£m) |
18/19 £m) |
19/20 (£m) |
Change (£m) |
Cash change (%) |
Real change (%) |
|
Govt Funding (excl CT) |
8,271 |
8,378 |
8,497 |
8,631 |
8,785 |
514 |
6.2% |
-1.4% |
o/w Home Office |
8,099 |
8,204 |
8,321 |
8,453 |
8,604 |
506 |
6.2% |
-1.4% |
o/w DCLG |
37 |
37 |
37 |
37 |
37 |
0 |
0.0% |
-7.2% |
o/w Welsh Govt |
135 |
137 |
139 |
141 |
143 |
8 |
6.2% |
-1.4% |
Precept |
3,105 |
3,194 |
3,286 |
3,379 |
3,474 |
369 |
11.9% |
3.8% |
Total |
11,376 |
11,572 |
11,783 |
12,010 |
12,259 |
883 |
7.8% |
0.0% |
*Central government funding includes Airwave which has been brought into the police settlement and council tax freeze grant amounts which were not known at the time of the 2015/16 annual police settlement.
Table 2: Indicative breakdown of the 2015 Spending Review settlement
£m |
2016/17 |
2017/18 |
2018/19 |
2019/20 |
Total central government funding* |
8,355 |
8,461 |
8,583 |
8,725 |
o/w ESMCP |
80 |
175 |
160 |
55 |
o/w Police Transformation Fund and other reallocations (including Airwave and PFI) |
491 |
545 |
725 |
1,017 |
o/w Direct funding |
7,784 |
7,741 |
7,698 |
7,653 |
Precept** |
3,194 |
3,286 |
3,379 |
3,474 |
Overall resource funding*** |
10,978 |
11,026 |
11,076 |
11,127 |
* These figures include baseline adjustments for HMIC and NCA. |
**Assumes a tax base increase of 0.5%. These figures are based on conservative tax base growth assumptions used at the time of the Spending Review announcement. These will be updated over time in line with the latest projections from the Office for Budget Responsibility. Figures assume that all PCCs maximise their precept up to the 2%/£5 referendum limit in each year and PCCs in Wales increase precept by 2% each year. These figures assume the 10 PCCs in the lower quartile receiving this additional flexibility remain the same as in 2016/17. |
***Direct resource funding consists of formula funding, NICC grants, Legacy Council Tax Grants and Precept. |
Note: figures may not sum due to rounding. |
Table 3: Police revenue funding 2016/17
Police funding |
16/17 |
||
£m |
|||
Central Government funding* |
8,995 |
||
o/w CT Police Grant** |
640 |
||
o/w Airwave |
204 |
||
o/w Police Private Finance Initiatives |
73 |
||
o/w Legacy Council Tax Grants |
545 |
||
Overall core Government settlement funding |
7,534 |
||
Reallocations |
218 |
||
o/w Direct Entry |
4.6 |
||
o/w Emergency Services Network |
80 |
||
o/w Independent Police Complaints Commission (for the transfer of integrity functions) |
32 |
||
o/w Innovation Fund |
55 |
||
o/w Major Programmes (HOB and NPDP) |
21.8 |
||
o/w Special Grant |
25 |
||
Transformation Fund |
76 |
||
Total direct government funding |
7,239 |
||
Government formula funding |
7,061 |
||
cash change |
-41 |
||
cash change percentage from 15/16 |
-0.6% |
||
real change percentage |
-2.3% |
||
National & International Capital City Grants |
178 |
||
o/w City of London Police |
4.5 |
||
o/w Metropolitan Police |
173.6 |
||
Precept |
3,194 |
||
Overall resource funding*** |
10,978 |
||
cash change |
51 |
||
cash change percentage |
0.5% |
||
real cut |
-1.2% |
||
*Includes £14m baseline adjustment for NCA in 2016/17. A separate baseline transfer has been applied for HMIC. |
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** Additional capital of £30m will be provided for CT policing. |
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***Comprises formula funding, NICC Grants, Legacy Council Tax Grants and precept. |
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Detail of Police Transformation Fund (totals indicative):
Transformation Fund |
76.4 |
o/w New Transformation Funding |
37.8 |
o/w Firearms |
34 |
o/w Digital justice (CJS)/digital investigations (DII) |
4.6 |
Table 4: Police capital 2016/17
2016/17 Police Capital |
£m |
Police Capital Grant |
54.1 |
Special Grant Capital |
1 |
National Police Air Service |
16.5 |
Police Live Services |
10.4 |
Total |
82 |
Table 5: Revenue allocations for England and Wales 2016/17
Local Policing Body |
2016/17 |
||||
HO Core (incl Rule 1) |
Welsh Top-up |
WG |
Ex-DCLG Formula Funding |
Legacy Council Tax Grants (total from HO) |
|
£m | |||||
Avon & Somerset |
105.0 |
- |
- |
56.5 |
14.7 |
Bedfordshire |
40.3 |
- |
- |
23.3 |
4.6 |
Cambridgeshire |
48.5 |
- |
- |
24.4 |
6.5 |
Cheshire |
61.5 |
- |
- |
44.8 |
8.3 |
City of London |
18.4 |
- |
- |
33.6 |
0.1 |
Cleveland |
46.2 |
- |
- |
38.5 |
7.7 |
Cumbria |
28.7 |
- |
- |
30.8 |
4.8 |
Derbyshire |
62.1 |
- |
- |
37.7 |
8.7 |
Devon & Cornwall |
102.7 |
- |
- |
63.1 |
15.5 |
Dorset |
41.2 |
- |
- |
17.3 |
7.9 |
Durham |
42.7 |
- |
- |
37.0 |
6.1 |
Dyfed-Powys |
32.1 |
5.1 |
12.9 |
- |
- |
Essex |
102.8 |
- |
- |
55.9 |
13.1 |
Gloucestershire |
34.4 |
- |
- |
19.5 |
6.1 |
Greater London Authority |
861.5 |
- |
- |
749.8 |
119.7 |
Greater Manchester |
226.6 |
- |
- |
181.4 |
25.7 |
Gwent |
42.4 |
- |
30.1 |
- |
- |
Hampshire |
120.0 |
- |
- |
63.1 |
12.9 |
Hertfordshire |
71.4 |
- |
- |
36.4 |
10.2 |
Humberside |
67.2 |
- |
- |
46.6 |
10.0 |
Kent |
106.3 |
- |
- |
66.6 |
13.3 |
Lancashire |
100.6 |
- |
- |
79.2 |
12.8 |
Leicestershire |
65.3 |
- |
- |
39.6 |
8.9 |
Lincolnshire |
38.4 |
- |
- |
20.3 |
6.8 |
Merseyside |
122.5 |
- |
- |
112.8 |
15.6 |
Norfolk |
50.2 |
- |
- |
28.8 |
9.3 |
North Wales |
46.3 |
4.9 |
21.6 |
- |
- |
North Yorkshire |
41.7 |
- |
- |
27.0 |
7.9 |
Northamptonshire |
43.2 |
- |
- |
24.2 |
6.6 |
Northumbria |
110.1 |
- |
- |
107.4 |
8.2 |
Nottinghamshire |
77.9 |
- |
- |
48.1 |
9.7 |
South Wales |
87.5 |
- |
72.2 |
- |
- |
South Yorkshire |
100.6 |
- |
- |
77.5 |
10.9 |
Staffordshire |
66.5 |
- |
- |
39.9 |
12.0 |
Suffolk |
40.7 |
- |
- |
22.9 |
6.8 |
Surrey |
62.2 |
- |
- |
29.2 |
9.2 |
Sussex |
97.8 |
- |
- |
53.9 |
13.2 |
Thames Valley |
141.2 |
- |
- |
73.9 |
15.3 |
Warwickshire |
31.0 |
- |
- |
17.4 |
5.2 |
West Mercia |
66.3 |
- |
- |
43.4 |
12.0 |
West Midlands |
250.8 |
- |
- |
180.3 |
19.0 |
West Yorkshire |
171.5 |
- |
- |
129.3 |
16.7 |
Wiltshire |
37.5 |
- |
- |
20.7 |
5.2 |
Total England & Wales |
4112.0 |
9.9 |
136.8 |
2802.2 |
507.4 |
Table 6: Change in total direct resource funding*
Force area |
2015/16 |
2016/17 |
Cash change |
|
£m |
£m |
£m |
% |
|
Avon & Somerset |
269.3 |
270.7 |
1.4 |
0.5% |
Bedfordshire |
99.6 |
100.0 |
0.4 |
0.4% |
Cambridgeshire |
128.1 |
128.9 |
0.8 |
0.6% |
Cheshire |
169.5 |
170.9 |
1.4 |
0.8% |
City of London |
55.4 |
56.8 |
1.4 |
2.5% |
Cleveland |
122.3 |
122.5 |
0.3 |
0.2% |
Cumbria |
99.2 |
99.7 |
0.5 |
0.5% |
Derbyshire |
160.7 |
161.4 |
0.7 |
0.4% |
Devon & Cornwall |
278.0 |
279.5 |
1.5 |
0.5% |
Dorset |
118.4 |
119.3 |
1.0 |
0.8% |
Durham |
112.5 |
112.7 |
0.2 |
0.2% |
Dyfed-Powys |
93.3 |
94.1 |
0.8 |
0.8% |
Essex |
260.8 |
263.4 |
2.5 |
1.0% |
Gloucestershire |
104.3 |
105.1 |
0.8 |
0.8% |
Greater London Authority |
2,517.4 |
2,522.4 |
5.0 |
0.2% |
Greater Manchester |
541.2 |
542.9 |
1.7 |
0.3% |
Gwent |
117.8 |
118.5 |
0.7 |
0.6% |
Hampshire |
299.1 |
300.6 |
1.5 |
0.5% |
Hertfordshire |
181.1 |
182.9 |
1.8 |
1.0% |
Humberside |
169.4 |
169.8 |
0.5 |
0.3% |
Kent |
273.1 |
275.5 |
2.4 |
0.9% |
Lancashire |
258.9 |
259.5 |
0.6 |
0.2% |
Leicestershire |
167.7 |
168.5 |
0.7 |
0.4% |
Lincolnshire |
108.4 |
109.1 |
0.7 |
0.7% |
Merseyside |
307.0 |
307.0 |
0.0 |
0.0% |
Norfolk |
145.5 |
146.5 |
1.0 |
0.7% |
North Wales |
139.8 |
141.1 |
1.3 |
0.9% |
North Yorkshire |
137.1 |
138.2 |
1.1 |
0.8% |
Northamptonshire |
119.2 |
119.9 |
0.7 |
0.6% |
Northumbria |
259.5 |
260.3 |
0.8 |
0.3% |
Nottinghamshire |
188.9 |
189.5 |
0.6 |
0.3% |
South Wales |
255.1 |
256.5 |
1.5 |
0.6% |
South Yorkshire |
239.1 |
240.0 |
0.9 |
0.4% |
Staffordshire |
176.7 |
177.6 |
0.8 |
0.5% |
Suffolk |
110.9 |
111.6 |
0.6 |
0.6% |
Surrey |
205.0 |
207.1 |
2.1 |
1.0% |
Sussex |
249.7 |
252.1 |
2.5 |
1.0% |
Thames Valley |
369.7 |
371.9 |
2.2 |
0.6% |
Warwickshire |
89.5 |
90.1 |
0.6 |
0.7% |
West Mercia |
198.5 |
199.8 |
1.3 |
0.6% |
West Midlands |
522.8 |
524.0 |
1.2 |
0.2% |
West Yorkshire |
404.6 |
406.3 |
1.7 |
0.4% |
Wiltshire |
102.8 |
103.5 |
0.6 |
0.6% |
TOTAL |
10,927.0 |
10,977.8 |
50.8 |
0.5% |
*This includes all formula grant, NICC grants, Legacy Council Tax Grants and police precept. This assumes that PCCs in England increase their precept to the maximum referendum limit in 2016/17, PCCs in Wales raise council tax by 2% and tax base growth of 0.5% across England and Wales.
Table 7: Capital allocations for England and Wales 2016/17
Local Policing Body |
2016/17 |
£m | |
Avon and Somerset |
1.2 |
Bedfordshire |
0.5 |
Cambridgeshire |
0.6 |
Cheshire |
0.8 |
City of London |
0.4 |
Cleveland |
0.6 |
Cumbria |
0.4 |
Derbyshire |
0.7 |
Devon and Cornwall |
1.3 |
Dorset |
0.5 |
Durham |
0.6 |
Dyfed-Powys |
0.4 |
Essex |
1.1 |
Gloucestershire |
0.4 |
Greater Manchester |
2.7 |
Gwent |
0.5 |
Hampshire |
1.4 |
Hertfordshire |
0.7 |
Humberside |
0.8 |
Kent |
1.3 |
Lancashire |
1.3 |
Leicestershire |
0.8 |
Lincolnshire |
0.5 |
Merseyside |
1.6 |
Metropolitan |
14.3 |
Norfolk |
0.6 |
North Wales |
0.5 |
North Yorkshire |
0.5 |
Northamptonshire |
0.5 |
Northumbria |
1.5 |
Nottinghamshire |
0.9 |
South Wales |
1.1 |
South Yorkshire |
1.3 |
Staffordshire |
0.8 |
Suffolk |
0.5 |
Surrey |
0.7 |
Sussex |
1.1 |
Thames Valley |
1.7 |
Warwickshire |
0.5 |
West Mercia |
0.9 |
West Midlands |
2.9 |
West Yorkshire |
2.1 |
Wiltshire |
0.5 |
Total England & Wales |
54.1 |