£13m extra funding for county policing
GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES MORE CASH TO ‘BEAT CRIME’
NOTTINGHAM’S police force will benefit from £13 million of extra funding next year, says the Home Office.
According to the Government, Nottinghamshire received £237.2 million from the Home Office in 2021/22.
In 2022/23, £250.2 million will be allocated to the county – an increase of £13 million from the previous year.
A spokesperson for Caroline Henry, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Nottingham, says she is unable to comment on the funding at this stage – but plans are in place on how best to spend the extra money allocated to the county.
Home Secretary Priti Patel said: “Crimes including theft, burglary and knife crime are down, we’ve got an additional 11,053 police officers on our streets, and we’ve shut down 1,500 drugs lines which exploit the young and the vulnerable.
“But we must go further and faster to make our communities even safer, so today I am giving our excellent police forces and law enforcement agencies more funding to do just that, in line with our Beating Crime Plan.
“Reducing crime is a top priority for this Government and I will continue working with police leaders to ensure this unprecedented investment results in less crime and fewer victims.”
Funding to Police and Crime Commissioners is increasing by up to an additional £796 million which means PCCS will have up to £10 of precept flexibility per Band D property in each of the next three years to use according to their local needs.
The Government says the settlement includes more money to enable the police to tackle serious organised crime, support rape victims and protect national security.
Mrs Henry has previously used money gained through bids to the Home Office towards Safer Streets Funding into the Arboretum, Mansfield, Sutton in Ashfield and Worksop.
This has included shutting off an alleyway known for anti-social behaviour, more CCTV and improved street lighting in an attempt to make women and girls feel safer at night.
MP Kit Malthouse, Minister for Crime and Policing, said: “Police officers in the East Midlands are doing great work pursuing drug gangs, protecting vulnerable people from harm and tackling neighbourhood crimes such as theft. This cash injection means that can clamp down on the crimes that really matter to people with even more determination.
“Police forces in the East Midlands have already benefited from extra officers being out on the streets after more than 11,000 have been hired to forces across England and Wales over the last two years, helping to drive crime down.
“This increase in funding will see even more officers hired to tackle crime, continue to remove weapons from our streets and support communities to feel safer.”