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Written question asked by Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative) on Wednesday, 9 July 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 11 July 2025. It was answered by Darren Jones (Labour) on Thursday, 17 July 2025 on behalf of the Treasury.


Police: Finance

Question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2025 to Question 60137 on Council tax and Police: Finance, what her Department's assumption is of the amount that will be raised in council tax from police precepts in England only in each year of the Spending Review period.

Answer

As set out in the Spending Review (SR) 2025 document, published 11 June 2025, the Phase 2 settlement provides an average 1.7% real terms increase per year in police spending power. Over the SR period, police spending power is projected to increase by an average 2.3% per year in real terms.

Police spending power includes projected spending from additional income, including estimated funding from the police council tax precept.

However, this remains subject to final decision on precept levels and individual police and crime commissioner decisions. The final police precept level and core government funding will be set out in the annual police funding settlement in the usual way.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
66195
Session
2024-26
Related items
Council Tax and Police: Finance
Monday, 23 June 2025
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Council tax Finance Police
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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