Extracts from Westminster Hall debate on Public Service Pensions: Government Contributions - Dec 19
Thursday, 20 December 2018 08:09
Gerald Jones (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney) (Lab):...I have covered
the national picture, but I will highlight the local impact on my
constituency. Two-thirds of my constituency is covered
by South Wales Police. The gap in that force for 2020-21, and
for every year after, is likely to be around £7 million. If that
burden is dumped on police forces, it will effectively be another
massive cut to police budgets and lead to a further cut in police
numbers. Those changes come on top of the...Request free trial
(Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney)
(Lab):...I have covered the national picture, but I will
highlight the local impact on my constituency. Two-thirds of my
constituency is covered by South
Wales Police. The gap in that force for 2020-21, and for
every year after, is likely to be around £7 million. If that burden
is dumped on police forces, it will effectively be another massive
cut to police budgets and lead to a further cut in police numbers.
Those changes come on top of the additional £20 million
that South
Wales Police have to find for local policing, having
lost about a third of the police grant since 2011. In south Wales,
the changes would be the equivalent of 130 fewer police officers on
the streets, on top of the 444 officers who have already been lost
since 2010...
The Minister for Policing and the Fire Service (Mr
Nick Hurd):...The hon. Gentleman will also know that this
funding settlement sees the first increase in the Home Office grant
since 2010. The proposed funding for South Wales Police, for example, which
faces the pressure of additional pension costs of £6.8 million next
year, is an additional £3.3 million in Government grant and £3.1
million in specific pension grant, while the police and crime
commissioner, , will have the flexibility to
increase the precept up to £12.7 million, making a total of £19.1
million. I hope he will welcome that...
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