This release contains information on agreed funding for policing in England and Wales between the financial years ending 31 March 2016 and March 2024. 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 2024:

• up to £17,613 million in funding for policing in England and Wales has been agreed
• overall funding will increase by up to £556 million (3.3%) compared with the previous financial year, in nominal terms
• when considering total funding for Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) (including Government funding and Council Tax precept), funding will increase in nominal terms by up to £810 million (5.5%) in the year ending 31 March 2024, when compared with the previous financial year
• overall funding will increase by up to 0.7% in real terms
• funding has grown in real terms for the last 9 consecutive years, following a decline between the financial years ending March 2011 and 2015