Police: Expenditure Cuts

House of Lords written question – answered at on 1 November 2011.

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Photo of Lord Morris of Manchester Lord Morris of Manchester Labour

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Browning on 6 September (WA 27-8), what representations they have received from police authorities since the civil disturbances in August on their financial ability to meet the costs arising from those disturbances.

Photo of Lord Henley Lord Henley The Minister of State, Home Department

The Government have made clear that they will support the police with the additional costs they faced in dealing with the disturbances in order to ensure that front-line services are not hit.

To date, two police authorities have submitted requests for special grant and we will continue to work closely with them and the other affected authorities to ensure that we can assess their applications, and make the payments required as quickly as possible.

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