Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in considering the amount of police grant to allocate to each police force, what assessment they make of the case for urban forces, or those that do not regularly suffer snow, purchasing large four-wheel drives or SUVs.

Core central Government funding to police forces in England and Wales is allocated annually on the basis of the Police Allocation Formula. The formula incorporates a number of indicators linked to demand on the police and does not include consideration of police spending. Local spending decisions are for the relevant Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable.