Question follow-through · 18033

Suffolk Constabulary: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what grounds she decided the level of funding for Suffolk Constabulary; and if she will review that funding.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
4 Dec 2024
Target answer date
6 Dec 2024
Answer
12 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what grounds she decided the level of funding for Suffolk Constabulary; and if she will review that funding.

  2. 6 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    Suffolk Police’s funding will be up to £171.5m in 2024-25. This is in addition to £1.5m provided for the 2024-25 pay award which has been allocated outside of the police funding settlement.The Home Secretary has already announced over half a billion of ad...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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