Home Department written question – answered at on 12 October 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans she has to promote the use of participatory budgeting in future resource allocation decisions for which her Department is responsible.
Local engagement is particularly important in crime and policing and it is up to the relevant authorities in a local area to determine how to allocate resources, including whether to adopt participatory budgeting. Through the introduction of elected Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs), the Home Office is strengthening local accountability over how resources are used to tackle crime reduction and policing. PCCs will determine local policing priorities, publish a five-year police and crime plan, set a local precept and set the annual force budget in discussion with chief constables. PCCs will be required to seek the views of local people before deciding how resources are allocated.
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