Written Question·Home Office·UIN 80824

Police: West Dorset

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Edward Morello

Liberal DemocratWest Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the current police funding formula in meeting the needs of (a) rural areas and (b) West Dorset.

Answer

Sarah Jones
The funding formula used for distributing Home Office Police Main Grant to police forces in England and Wales as part of the annual police settlement divides funds between different activities that the police undertake. A portion of total funding is also ...

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