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Police Funding: Cambridgeshire

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 10:18 pm on 6 January 2025.

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Photo of Steve Barclay Steve Barclay Chair, Finance Committee (Commons), Chair, Finance Committee (Commons) 10:18, 6 January 2025

The Minister is making a separate point; my hon. Friend Ben Obese-Jecty was talking about the share of the existing pie—the proportion that Cambridgeshire gets—not about whether more funding is being put in. I wanted to pick up on her interesting point about the consultation being open until 10 January, which is not very far away. What criteria will she apply, when it comes to making adjustments to that provisional allocation? Are those criteria published? A lot of hon. Members may not be sighted on the changes that may be made to the allocation, or on how the Government will reach that decision.

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