Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of changes in the level of funding for police forces on those forces' ability to counter terrorism.

This Government has protected Counter-Terrorism police spend in real terms over the Spending Review period and invested in counter-terrorism policing to grow key capabilities. The Government has also protected overall police spending, and is providing £144m to increase armed policing capability. We remain committed to increasing cross-government spending on counter-terrorism by 30% from £11.7 billion to £15.1 billion, including funding an additional 1,900 officers at our security and intelligence agencies. We have a constructive dialogue with policing about ensuring that the right powers, capabilities and resources are in place.