Extract from Lords Private Notice Question on Police: Emergency Calls - Mar 22
Friday, 23 March 2018 08:03
The Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Williams of Trafford)
(Con):...The MPCC and the APCC called for £440 million of
extra funding in 2018-19, with additional counterterrorism funding
and increases in council tax precepts on top. They wanted this
funding for an extra 5,000 front-line officers for proactive
policing by 2020. The funding increase for next year is made up of
main government grant, protected at flat cash; up to £270 million
from increase in council tax precept...Request free trial
The Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Williams of
Trafford) (Con):...The MPCC and the APCC called for £440 million of extra
funding in 2018-19, with additional counterterrorism funding and
increases in council tax precepts on top. They wanted this funding
for an extra 5,000 front-line officers for proactive policing by
2020. The funding increase for next year is made up of main
government grant, protected at flat cash; up to £270 million from
increase in council tax precept income; a £15 million increase in
counterterrorism police funding; and a £130 million increase in
national priorities, mostly special grant, for exceptional costs
and technology. On the point about domestic violence, I totally
agree with the noble Lord. We have provided £11 million through the
police transformation fund to support new police interventions to
tackle domestic abuse, with a focus on early intervention and
prevention....
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