Police Funding for England and Wales 2015 to 2025

Product Description

This release contains information on agreed funding for policing in England and Wales between the financial years ending 31 March 2016 and March 2025. Chapter 3 also contains high level information on funding back to the financial year ending 31 March 2011. The majority of the information contained in this release relates to funding that has previously been announced publicly through a range of government announcements, ministerial statements and official statistics. This publication intends to bring this information together into a single coherent statistical release.

Key findings
For the financial year ending 31 March 2025:

• up to £18,662 million in funding for policing in England and Wales has been agreed
• overall agreed funding will increase by up to £1,030 million (5.8%) compared with the previous financial year, in nominal terms
• total funding for Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) (including government funding and Council Tax precept), will increase in nominal terms by up to £1,140 million (7.4%), when compared with the previous financial year
• in real terms (adjusted for inflation), overall agreed funding will increase by up to £889 million (5.0%) compared with the previous year
• overall agreed funding for the financial year ending March 2025 will increase by up to £3,010 million (19.2%) in real terms compared with the financial year ending March 2016