Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 324 of Budget 2018, how much funding he plans to allocate to policing in 2019-20 from the reserves for additional pension costs for Departments as a result of the pensions valuations process.

The Home Secretary will review police spending power and further options for reform when he presents the provision police funding settlement in December. Funding for 2019/20 will include appropriate support for pensions costs from the Reserve, which will be confirmed in due course.