Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 13 March 2017 to Question 3658, how many requests for special grants from which police forces HM Inspectorate of Constabulary is considering (a) now and (b) for 2017-18.

Ministers receive a number of applications throughout the year, which are typically referred to Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary to review before a final decision. Special Grant is a discretionary budget and the number of applications that will be received throughout the year is unknown. The Home Office publishes the applications and decisions taken on Special Grant at the end of the financial year. This can be found at the link below. Data relating to 2016/17 will be published shortly.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-funding-special-grant-applications

Applications for Special Grant from 2007 to 2014 can be found at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/special-grants-paid-to-the-police-forces-in-england-and-wales-from-2007-to-2014