Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the additional cost to police forces in 2020-21 of employer contributions to the police pension scheme.

The additional cost to policing in 2019-20 of employer contributions to police pensions is estimated to be £330 million.

The 2019/20 police funding settlement provides additional funding of up to £970 million, including general Government grant funding, pensions grant, council tax precept and investment in national priorities. This substantial in-crease in funding will enable forces to meet their genuine financial pressures as well as to invest in key capabilities.

Decisions on funding for future years are a matter for the 2019 Spending Review.