Question follow-through · 109614
Police: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that police forces receive adequate resources to tackle crime effectively.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 29 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 5 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 5 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that police forces receive adequate resources to tackle crime effectively.
5 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Feb 2026
Answer published
The 2026–27 final police funding settlement provides up to £21.0 billion for the policing system in England and Wales. This is an increase of up to £1.3 billion compared with the 2025–26 settlement, representing a 6.7% cash increase and a 4.4% real terms ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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