Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with Police and Crime Commissioners on the effect on police budgets of additional pension costs.

We are assessing the implications of changes to the public service pensions discount rate on police forces and are working with the police and the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners to determine how best to manage these impacts. The Budget made clear that part of these costs will be met from the Treasury Reserve in 2019/20.

As the Chancellor set out in his speech, the Home Secretary will review police spending power ahead of the 2019/20 provisional police funding settlement which is expected to be published next month.