§ 9. Mr. Tom KingTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received from police representatives about the outcome of the comprehensive spending review. [53516]
§ Mr. StrawI have received 29 representations about the allocation of funding following the Comprehensive Spending Review but none so far about the overall total for the police. Under the Comprehensive Spending Review an extra £1.24 billion will be made available to the police service in England and Wales over the next three years. Part of the additional funding for the second and third years will be dependent on the police achieving targets for efficiency improvements of 2 per cent. a year. Police representatives are being consulted about the guidance to be issued.