Question follow-through · 115097

Police: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much special grant funding her Department plans to provide to each police force in England and Wales.

answeredHome Office

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Home Office
Tabled
23 Feb 2026
Target answer date
2 Mar 2026
Answer
2 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 23 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much special grant funding her Department plans to provide to each police force in England and Wales.

  2. 2 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 2 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The Police Special Grant has an allocated budget of £49.6m in 2026-27, and increase of £0.6m compared to 2025-26.Decisions regarding applications for the coming financial year will be communicated to recipients in due course.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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