Written Question·Home Office·UIN 13965
Police: Rural Areas
Tabled: 12 November 2024
Answered: 20 November 2024
Question
Edward Morello
Liberal Democrat — West Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Department is taking to ensure rural police forces receive adequate funding to meet increasing demands in areas with low-population density.
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonThe majority of public funding for police forces in England and Wales is provided by the Home Office and is agreed by the House of Commons on an annual basis at the police funding settlement. Each year the Home Office produces a Police Grant Report which ...
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