Police to receive more than £15 billion

Home Secretary Priti Patel has confirmed that policing will receive up to £15.8 billion to build back safer and cut crime.

The 2021 to 2022 funding package will include over £400 million to recruit 20,000 extra officers by 2023, building on the success of the first year of the recruitment campaign, thereby enabling policing to tackle serious violence and increase the number of specialist officers tackling counter terrorism and serious organised crime.

The 2021 to 2022 funding package means an increase of up to £636 million on last year, should PCCs take full advantage of police precept flexibility.

Funding for Counter-Terrorism policing will total up to £914 million, including money for armed policing and more officers. In addition, as announced in the recent Spending Review, Counter Terrorism Policing will receive £32 million to establish a new Counter-Terrorism Operations Centre to keep the country safe from a range of threats.

Home Secretary Priti Patel said: “We have asked more of the police than ever before during the coronavirus pandemic – the British people and I are extremely grateful for their dedication. I am absolutely committed to giving the police the resources they need – this funding package delivers on that. It will allow us to continue to put more police on the streets, and reduce crime as we build back safer from the pandemic.”