Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the effect of the level for funding Greater Manchester Police in 2016-17 and 2017-18 on its ability to respond to all reported crimes in Salford and Eccles constituency.

The Government protected overall police spending in the 2015 Spending Review, and the 2017/18 police funding settlement maintains that commitment. The Greater Manchester Mayor’s direct resource funding for his Police & Crime Commissioner functions (including council tax precept) is £545.4 million in 2017/18, an increase of £4.2 million on funding levels for 2015/16.

It is a matter for Chief Constables, working with their Police and Crime Commissioners, to manage their available resources according to local priorities. However, Ministers have recently written to police leaders setting out a programme of engagement to better understand the impact of changing demands on the sector and what more can be done to improve productivity and efficiency.