Graham Jones – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Graham Jones on 2015-10-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of annual income has been held in reserve by Herefordshire Constabulary in each of the past five years.
Mike Penning
It is up to Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) and Chief Constables to decide how to allocate their resources, including the efficient use of reserves, based on local priorities.
Herefordshire is covered by the West Mercia police force area. The total amount of revenue funding received by the West Mercia PCC (formerly West Mercia Police Authority) and the total amounts of usable reserves, taken from publically available force area accounts are included in the following table.
This includes total core Government funding area from the Home Office, Legacy Council Tax Grants and locally raised precept income. It excludes specific grants such as the Innovation Fund and other locally raised income.
|
Year |
Reserves £m |
Revenue funding (government grant+precept) £m |
Reserves as % of total revenue funding |
|
31 Mar 2011 |
43.8 |
212.6 |
20.6% |
|
31 Mar 2012 |
37.8 |
206.9 |
18.3% |
|
31 Mar 2013 |
46.1 |
204.6 |
22.5% |
|
31 Mar 2014 |
53.1 |
201.6 |
26.4% |
|
31 Mar 2015 |
63.9 |
198.5 |
32.2% |
