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<p>[holding answer 6 September 2013]: The Chancellor of the Exchequer’s spending round announcement on 26 June concerned decisions on Government funding for the financial year 2015-16 only. It therefore had no impact on 2013-14 police budgets. Central Government funding for the West Midlands police and crime commissioner in 2013-14 was set out in the Home Office Police Grant Report 2013-14 laid on 4 February 2013 and accompanying written ministerial statement, 4 February 2013, Official Report, columns 3-6 WS.</p><p>In 2013-14, core funding to the West Midlands police and crime commissioner from the Home Office is £473 million. This is 1.6% lower than the equivalent funding in 2012-13.</p><p>As a result of spending round 2013 the Home Office has committed to resource savings of 6.1% in 2015-16. However, central Government revenue funding to the police has been prioritised, and will reduce by 4.9% in real terms in 2015-16.</p><p>Provisional funding allocations for 2014-15 will be laid in Parliament later in the year as part of the annual police funding settlement process.</p> |