The Home Office allocates annual police grant funding to police forces in England and Wales through a formal settlement process. The 2026-27 funding settlement has been finalised and addresses resource adequacy for specific policing priorities including urban robbery and specialist operations such as the Metropolitan Police's Operation Martello. This is an active annual budgeting and resource allocation mechanism that determines police service capacity and capability.
In response to: Police grants in England and Wales: 2026 to 2027
Final allocations of grants to police and crime commissioners in England and Wales for 2026 to 2027.
In response to: Police grant report: 2025 to 2026
Final allocations of grants to police and crime commissioners in England and Wales for 2025 to 2026.
This memorandum explains the changes in the Home Office's budgets as part of HM Treasury’s 2024 to 2025 main estimates.
In response to: Police grants in England and Wales: 2024 to 2025
In response to: Police grant allocations: 2024 to 2025
Final allocations of grants to police and crime commissioners in England and Wales for 2024 to 2025.
In response to: Police grants in England and Wales: 2023 to 2024
Final allocations of grants to police and crime commissioners in England and Wales for 2023 to 2024.
In response to: Provisional police grants in England and Wales: 2023 to 2024
Provisional allocations of grants to police and crime commissioners in England and Wales for 2023 to 2024.
In response to: Police grants in England and Wales: 2022 to 2023
Final allocations of grants to police and crime commissioners in England and Wales for 2022 to 2023.
In response to: Police grants in England and Wales: 2021 to 2022
Final allocations of grants to police and crime commissioners in England and Wales for 2021 to 2022.
In response to: Provisional police grants in England and Wales: 2022 to 2023
Provisional allocations of grants to police and crime commissioners in England and Wales for 2022 to 2023.
In response to: Police grants in England and Wales: 2020 to 2021
Final allocations of grants to police and crime commissioners in England and Wales for 2020 to 2021.
In response to: Police grants in England and Wales: 2019 to 2020
Final allocations of grants to police and crime commissioners in England and Wales for 2019 to 2020.
Final allocations of grants to police and crime commissioners in England and Wales for 2018 to 2019.
Final allocations of grants to police and crime commissioners in England and Wales for 2017 to 2018.
Final allocations of grants to police and crime commissioners in England and Wales for 2016 to 2017.
Provisional allocation of grants to police and crime commissioners in England and Wales for 2016 to 2017.
This report sets out the aggregate amount of grants for the police in England and Wales for 2015 to 2016 and includes the amount of grant for each local policing body.