The Met in numbers

£460m

Increase in Met police funding this year. The force will receive £2.5billion in direct money from the Government in 2018-19

30,046

Current number of officers, alongside 2,219 special constables, 1,316 PCSOS, and 8,455 other staff

£8.5m

Amount spent on flights from April 2015 to December 2017

£193m

Cash reserves at end of 2016-17 financial year, down from £373million two years earlier