Question follow-through · 23493

Bedfordshire Police: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to review funding arrangements for Bedfordshire Police.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
28 Aug 2026
Target answer date
2 Sept 2026
Answer
9 Sept 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Aug 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to review funding arrangements for Bedfordshire Police.

  2. 2 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    This Government is committed to ensuring that policing has the resourcing it needs. This year, all police forces will receive a real terms increase in their funding.Decisions on police funding are made annually at the Police Funding Settlement. In 2026-27...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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