Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will increase funding for policing in London.

The police funding settlement for 2020/21 sets out the biggest increase in funding for the policing system since 2010.

In 2020/21 the Metropolitan Police will receive total cash funding of up to £2939.9 million, this is an increase of up to £193 million compared to 2019/20.

In 2020/21 City of London Police will receive total cash funding of up to £67 million, this is an increase of up to £5.6 million compared to 2019/20.

The Government has been clear that the police will get the financial support they need to see them through the COVID-19 pandemic, and that they are listening to what the police needs.

Future police funding, including details of the 2021/22 Police Funding Settlement, will be announced once the 2020 Spending Review has been concluded.