Question follow-through · 5112

National Police Air Service: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the sufficiency of funding to the National Police Air Service.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
10 Sept 2024
Target answer date
12 Sept 2024
Answer
16 Sept 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the sufficiency of funding to the National Police Air Service.

  2. 12 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    The National Police Air Service (NPAS) provides borderless, round-the-clock, crewed police air support across England and Wales.The Home Office supports NPAS through the provision of an annual capital grant. For the Financial Year 2024/25, this grant is £...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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