Policing across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight looks set to receive a funding boost of £21.8million next year to drive down crime and deliver safer streets for all, Home Secretary Priti Patel has announced.
The 2022/23 funding package represents an inflation-busting 7% cash increase on last year and means policing will receive up to £16.9 billion in total in 2022/23. Hampshire Constabulary will receive the 5th highest boost across the country behind the Metropolitan Police, Greater Manchester, Thames Valley, West Midlands and West Yorkshire.
The boost in resources will help support the delivery of the Beating Crime Plan, which set out the Government’s mission to deliver fewer victims, safer neighbourhoods, and a more secure country. In particular, the plan focuses on driving down homicide, serious violence and neighbourhood crime – to ensure that everyone can benefit from the security that a safe home, street and country provides.
Home Secretary, Priti Patel, has said:
“Crimes including theft, burglary and knife crime are down, we’ve got an additional 11,053 police officers on our streets, and we’ve shut down 1,500 drugs lines which exploit the young and the vulnerable.
“But we must go further and faster to make our communities even safer, so today I am giving our excellent police forces and law enforcement agencies more funding to do just that, in line with our Beating Crime Plan.
“Reducing crime is a top priority for this Government and I will continue working with police leaders to ensure this unprecedented investment results in less crime and fewer victims.”
Funding to Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) is increasing by up to an additional £796 million, assuming full take-up of precept flexibility. PCCs will have up to £10 of precept flexibility per Band D property in each of the next 3 years to use according to their local needs. It’s understood that Hampshire’s precept will increase by the full £10.
Chief Constable Andy Marsh, College of Policing CEO and former Chief of Hampshire Constabulary, has said:
“More funding to support policing is welcome as the service continues to work relentlessly to prevent crime and protect the public.
“The additional police officers coming into the service will strengthen the existing workforce and allow forces to make decisions on how best to use this resource to keep the public safe.
“The demands and complexity of policing are changing and it is important that forces have the resource to continue tackling traditional crime types such as burglary, while also listening to the public and renewing our focus to better protect women and girls, improve diversity and build trust.”
The publication of the provisional funding settlement opens a period of consultation. The final police funding settlement will be debated in Parliament ahead of the new financial year.
Does that mean our council tax will remain the same this year then?
Maybe now they stop moaning about funds
That’s good now shooters hill and Cowes High st will be patrolled get those beryl scooters out the way and the cyclists who cannot read!
Oh, they can read alright; just too arsy to heed the safety rules. Try suggesting that they wheel their bikes in the pedestrianised zone or don’t ride the wrong way down Birmingham Road, and stand by for the mouthful.
Agree if it was a car disregarding signs the driver get fined and points ,,,, cyclist nothing there a pain in the butt on roads ,especially when they used the road instead of cycle path provided ,,I:e Racecourse for one .
Again if a car was driving on cycle track can you imagine the uproar
Yes but how much of that is actually for the Isle of Wight ? Be nice to get the figures for that, not just the whole of Hampshire.
Although that money coming is a year away, but wonder how much will make it to Isle of Wight.. ?? Next to nothing no doubt !! It is a shame we are part of Hampshire and not our own county, we have IW county council, but no such thing as County of Isle of Wight ??
you’re wrong about that in 1974, The Isle of Wight was made its own ceremonial county. Apart from a shared police force and fire and rescue service, there is now no administrative link with Hampshire;
7% of £16.9Billion isn’t £21.8Million. And £796Million isn’t 7% of anything mentioned above. And most of that is coming out of Council Tax precept.
Thankyou, Ms Patel. Not.
Oh good, more diversity manages.
Why do they even have the pretence of flexibility when there is absolutely no chance that any PCC will take anything less the the maximum.
Still, it will be interesting to see if we can even notice what the additional 29p of it that finally makes it to the island will be spent on.
Really? Is this for real? She’s not making ’empty’ promises just like her Boss, Boris does is she?
I think a increase in policing funds is a good thing for the Island – surely it can only be positive whatever the final outcome of the funding split and admin.
Make NO difference unless backed by building MORE jails, cutting immigration of unsuitable types, and getting the PUBLIC NOT the judges and bench to ‘decide’ sentences from the statutory range allowed.
Othewise the cash will just mean more wages for more inaction.
And they will still increase their Council Tax element to the max, still hide in the stations, concentrate on meaningless simple easy to arrest targets.
Expect most of the increase will be spent protecting MPs and salaries.
More money for nothing but when it comes down to it ,police wont take any action without proper evidance ,but you have to go out to get the evidance, it will not come to you .the police are getting too lazy ,long gone was the blue Tardis box , no phones ,and a boby on the streets , the police then had to investigate crimes themselves ,and not leave it to new Technology,this only make the police lazy. or leave yellow boards along public hyways to get evidance.lets see how much more money they request in 2023 ? again more than the rate of inflation?