Urgent question on Wednesday, 12 September 2018, in the House of Commons, led by Diane Abbott. The answering member was Nick Hurd.

Police: Financial Sustainability

Urgent question on the National Audit Office's report, "Financial sustainability of police forces in England and Wales 2018".

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 646 cc756-770
Session: 2017-19
Department: Home Office
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on Home Office: Financial sustainability of Police forces in England and Wales
Monday, 10 September 2018
House of Commons papers
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Proceeding contributions: Diane Abbott | 646 c757 (Link to this contribution)
(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Office if he will make a statement ...; Nick Hurd | 646 c757 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the right hon. Lady for her question. The NAO does incredibly important work and the Gove...; Diane Abbott | 646 c758 (Link to this contribution)
The House appreciates that the Minister has met the leaders of all the police forces, but it is d...; Nick Hurd | 646 c758 (Link to this contribution)
First, I should make it clear that I did not speak just to police leaders. Whenever I visit a for...; Nick Thomas-Symonds | 646 c758 (Link to this contribution)
That is desperate.; Nick Hurd | 646 c758 (Link to this contribution)
It is not desperate. Those are the stark economic facts that the coalition Government faced in 20...; Nick Thomas-Symonds | 646 c758 (Link to this contribution)
Rubbish.; Nick Hurd | 646 cc758-9 (Link to this contribution)
It is not rubbish. [Hon. Members: “Yes, it is.”] The state of the public finances is a matter of ...; Damian Green | 646 c759 (Link to this contribution)
The Minister is right to mention the vital role that police and crime commissioners play in budge...; Nick Hurd | 646 c759 (Link to this contribution)
My right hon. Friend has made an important point. We introduced police and crime commissioners, a...; Ed Davey | 646 c759 (Link to this contribution)
England’s most senior police officer, Cressida Dick, said yesterday that the police were now
<...; Nick Hurd | 646 c760 (Link to this contribution)
The right hon. Gentleman has raised an extremely important point. One of the clear messages that ...; Philip Davies | 646 c760 (Link to this contribution)
Policing should always be a spending priority for a Conservative Government. I have voted against...; Nick Hurd | 646 c760 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is a great and long-standing champion of the police, and I have great respect for ...; Lord Hanson of Flint | 646 c760 (Link to this contribution)
The most expensive way to fund policing is through the mechanism of overtime, which is now at its...; Nick Hurd | 646 c760 (Link to this contribution)
Like most Labour Members, the right hon. Gentleman remains in complete denial of economic reality...; Rebecca Pow | 646 c761 (Link to this contribution)
I pay tribute to the hard-working police force of Avon and Somerset, which is making changes in i...; Nick Hurd | 646 c761 (Link to this contribution)
I do agree, and that £460 million includes an additional £8 million for Avon and Somerset, which ...; Meg Hillier | 646 c761 (Link to this contribution)
The former permanent secretary at the Home Office has acknowledged that the funding formula for p...; Nick Hurd | 646 c761 (Link to this contribution)
I say to the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, as I have said publicly, that the appropr...; Desmond Swayne | 646 c761 (Link to this contribution)
In God’s own town of Lymington a robber was captured but had to be released because there was no ...; Nick Hurd | 646 c761 (Link to this contribution)
We do; I agree and totally accept the argument that we need more resources for the police, which ...; Jack Dromey | 646 c762 (Link to this contribution)
With 2,000 police officers cut in the West Midlands, crime is soaring, violent crime by 59%. Comm...; Nick Hurd | 646 c762 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman and I have had many exchanges over the year about West Midlands Police and I h...; Bill Wiggin | 646 c762 (Link to this contribution)
My right hon. Friend has already mentioned the 100 new police officers for West Mercia that John-...; Nick Hurd | 646 c762 (Link to this contribution)
I join my hon. Friend in welcoming the initiative of West Mercia’s police and crime commissioner ...; Marsha De Cordova | 646 c762 (Link to this contribution)
Opposition Members all know the impact of this Government’s cuts on police officers—they are havi...; Nick Hurd | 646 c762 (Link to this contribution)
I wholly agree about the hard work police officers do—[Interruption.] They are extremely stretche...; James Heappey | 646 c763 (Link to this contribution)
Tomorrow evening there will be a public meeting in Glastonbury at which residents from across the...; Nick Hurd | 646 c763 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend for that insight. I completely understand this point as I have had many re...; Ian Lucas | 646 c763 (Link to this contribution)
The appalling murder of Nicholas Churton last year in my constituency highlighted deficiencies in...; Nick Hurd | 646 c763 (Link to this contribution)
I understand exactly the point the hon. Gentleman makes and I hope he can take some assurance—the...; William Wragg | 646 c763 (Link to this contribution)
It is pointless having an independent pay panel if its findings are ignored. This summer, I had t...; Nick Hurd | 646 c764 (Link to this contribution)
I understand the point my hon. Friend makes about the police remuneration board. It is hard not t...; Sandy Martin | 646 c764 (Link to this contribution)
My local police force, Suffolk constabulary, is the third lowest funded police force in England p...; Nick Hurd | 646 c764 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman and I have had a number of exchanges over the last year about Suffolk policing...; Caroline Johnson | 646 c764 (Link to this contribution)
My right hon. Friend is aware of the excellent work being done by Lincolnshire police to keep us ...; Nick Hurd | 646 c764 (Link to this contribution)
I pay tribute to my hon. Friend and to all those who have been absolutely assiduous in making rep...; Karin Smyth | 646 c765 (Link to this contribution)
The Minister talks a lot about seeking evidence, and he has rightly praised Avon and Somerset pol...; Nick Hurd | 646 c765 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Lady ignores the fact that Avon and Somerset is receiving an additional £8 million this ...; Andrew Selous | 646 c765 (Link to this contribution)
I know that the Minister cares deeply about these issues. The Chair of the Public Accounts Commit...; Nick Hurd | 646 c765 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate my hon. Friend on being absolutely assiduous in making representations to me about...; Kate Green | 646 c765 (Link to this contribution)
Over the summer, I spent a day with officers at Stretford police station, and I have to tell the ...; Nick Hurd | 646 c766 (Link to this contribution)
As ever, the hon. Lady makes an extremely good point. She is absolutely right, and the shadow Hom...; Kevin Foster | 646 c766 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome my right hon. Friend’s commitment to ensuring that the police have the powers they need...; Nick Hurd | 646 c766 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend has been assiduous in registering his concerns to the House and the Government abo...; Ben Lake | 646 c766 (Link to this contribution)
Further to the answer that the Minister gave to the hon. Member for Wells (James Heappey), and ac...; Nick Hurd | 646 c766 (Link to this contribution)
I understand the hon. Gentleman’s point. It is a prime responsibility of the Government to look a...; Matt Warman | 646 c767 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the Minister for the engagement that he has shown with Lincolnshire police and f...; Nick Hurd | 646 c767 (Link to this contribution)
I have received assiduous representations on that point from Lincolnshire MPs, the chief constabl...; Mohammad Yasin | 646 c767 (Link to this contribution)
The chief constable of Bedfordshire, Jon Boutcher, told me this morning that in his 35 years as a...; Nick Hurd | 646 c767 (Link to this contribution)
I am in regular contact with Bedfordshire’s chief constable and the police and crime commissioner...; Nigel Mills | 646 c767 (Link to this contribution)
The Minister will know that Derbyshire’s police are particularly unfairly treated by the formula,...; Nick Hurd | 646 c767 (Link to this contribution)
I thank Derbyshire for its pragmatic, constructive approach to some of the challenges we face. My...; Diana Johnson | 646 c768 (Link to this contribution)
May I pay tribute to the bravery of the police officers in Humberside who ran towards a serious i...; Nick Hurd | 646 c768 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Lady talks about financial resources. I have already taken steps that have led to an add...; Eddie Hughes | 646 c768 (Link to this contribution)
I will continue to lobby for more funds for West Midlands police, but this is not just about cash...; Nick Hurd | 646 c768 (Link to this contribution)
I would be delighted to accept that analysis, and I totally recognise the work that my hon. Frien...; Liz McInnes | 646 c768 (Link to this contribution)
Like many of my colleagues, I recently spent a day shadowing Greater Manchester police in my cons...; Nick Hurd | 646 c769 (Link to this contribution)
I understand the truth of the messages that the hon. Lady has received, because I have heard exac...; Philip Hollobone | 646 c769 (Link to this contribution)
Our police forces have never had to work harder. They are working more efficiently than ever in t...; Nick Hurd | 646 c769 (Link to this contribution)
I completely understand my hon. Friend’s point. I also fully appreciate the frustration and, in p...; Khalid Mahmood | 646 c769 (Link to this contribution)
With a 59% increase in violent crime, a 70% increase in murders and an increase in occasions when...; Nick Hurd | 646 c769 (Link to this contribution)
We have already touched on the west midlands, and the hon. Gentleman and I have had meetings abou...; Lord Walney | 646 c769 (Link to this contribution)
When the Minister took the time to attend our special seminar on the long-distance county lines d...; Nick Hurd | 646 c770 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on convening that meeting about county lines. The fact that it ...; Chris Elmore | 646 c770 (Link to this contribution)
rose—; Jeff Smith | 646 c770 (Link to this contribution)
rose—; John Bercow | 646 c770 (Link to this contribution)
Well—; Chris Elmore | 646 c770 (Link to this contribution)
Two Whips, Mr Speaker.; John Bercow | 646 c770 (Link to this contribution)
Indeed. I call Chris Elmore.; Chris Elmore | 646 c770 (Link to this contribution)
South Wales police have seen a 30% cut in central Government funding since 2010 and faced a 12% c...; Nick Hurd | 646 c770 (Link to this contribution)
I understand the hon. Gentleman’s point about Cardiff, because he has made it to me before, and I...; Jeff Smith | 646 c770 (Link to this contribution)
Greater Manchester police have lost 2,000 officers—a quarter of their strength—in the past eight ...; Nick Hurd | 646 c770 (Link to this contribution)
I challenge the hon. Gentleman’s premise. I want to see police officers focused on core policing ...
Subjects: Finance Police National Audit Office
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Police: Financial Sustainability

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