Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much public funding (a) has been allocated to the (i) National Crime Agency and (ii) regional organised crime units in each year since 2015-16 and (b) he plans to allocate to those organisations in total under the 2019-20 provisional police funding settlement.
Regarding the public funding for the National Crime Agency, the figures are as follows:
- 15/16: Resource DEL (excluding depreciation): 371; Capital DEL, 40
- 16/17: Resource DEL (excluding depreciation): 384; Capital DEL, 50
- 17/18: Resource DEL (excluding depreciation): 387; Capital DEL, 50
- 18/19: Resource DEL (excluding depreciation): 377; Capital DEL, 50.
Regarding the public funding for the regional organised crime units (ROCUs), funding is provided through a combination of PCC funding, Home Office Grant funding (including around £20m ROCU grant per annum) and the Police Transformation Fund. The total figures are as follows:
- 15/16: Just over £101m.
- 16/17: Just under £119m (they were also granted just over £2.6m in capital).
- 2017/18: Just over £129m (they were granted capital of just over £2.4m).
In 2018/19, the ROCU network has a combined operating budget of around £166.4m with a total capital expenditure of around £4.6m. It should be noted that the 2018/19 figure excludes London, but we can confirm that London was allocated just over £2.1m through the Home Office ROCU Grant.