Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assistance the Government has given to (a) Kent Police, (b) Kent County Council and (c) other operational organisations to cover costs incurred during the implementation of Operation Stack in summer 2015.

No additional financial assistance has been provided by the Department for Transport to Kent Police, Kent County Council, or similar operational organisations in relation to Operation Stack being implemented during 2015.

I have been informed that, after careful consideration, Home Office Ministers decided not to provide funding to the Kent Police and Crime Commissioner for the additional costs incurred in policing Operation Stack on the basis that they did not meet the one per cent threshold for Special Grant funding.