Speeches

Graham Jones – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Graham Jones on 2015-11-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of its annual income has been held in reserve by Hertfordshire police in each of the last 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. The total amount of revenue funding received by each PCC (formerly Police Authorities) and the total amounts of usable reserves, taken from publically available force area accounts are included in the table below. 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.

Hertfordshire Police Authority/PCC reserves

Year

Reserves £m

Total revenue funding £m

Reserves as % of government grant+precept

31 Mar 2011

19.4

197.4

9.8%

31 Mar 2012

24.9

191.5

13.0%

31 Mar 2013

28.0

189.7

14.8%

31 Mar 2014

36.7

185.2

19.8%

31 Mar 2015

47.9

181.1

26.5%

Lancashire Police Authority/PCC reserves

Year

Reserves £m

Total revenue funding £m

Reserves as % of government grant+precept

31 Mar 2011

20.1

285.6

7.0%

31 Mar 2012

26.3

273.5

9.6%

31 Mar 2013

27.5

273.5

10.1%

31 Mar 2014

35.8

266.0

13.4%

31 Mar 2015

49.3

258.9

19.1%

Thames Valley Police Authority/PCC reserves

Year

Reserves £m

Total revenue funding £m

Reserves as % of government grant+precept

31 Mar 2011

41.1

395.0

10.4%

31 Mar 2012

48.2

383.4

12.6%

31 Mar 2013

45.8

382.2

12.0%

31 Mar 2014

49.1

375.9

13.1%

31 Mar 2015

51.4

369.7

13.9%