Written Question·Home Office·UIN 105357

Police: Recruitment

Tabled: 13 January 2026

Answered: 4 February 2026

Named Day

Question

Jo Platt

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of consolidating the specific grant for the Police Uplift Programme into the core policing grant.

Answer

Sarah Jones

The 2026-27 provisional police funding settlement (18 December) published that total funding to Territorial Police Forces will be up to £18.3 billion, an increase of up to £746 million compared to the 2025-26 police funding settlement. This equates to a 4...

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