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  Police Grant Report (England and Wales) for 2016-17 - Level of Central Government Funding for Policing
  
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  @ MP voted aye to set central government funding of policing for 2016-17 at a level 2.7% lower than was set for 2015-16. 
  @ MP voted no against setting central government funding of policing for 2016-17 at a level 2.7% lower than was set for 2015-16. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted to set central government funding of policing for 2016-17 at a level 2.7% lower than was set for 2015-16. 
  
  The motion approved by the majority of MPs taking part in the vote, and the majority of those from England and Wales was:
  
  :That [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-police-grant-report-england-and-wales-2016-to-2017 the Police Grant Report (England and Wales) for 2016â17 (HC 753)], which was laid before this House on 4 February, be approved.
  
  The report set the total 2015-16 central government grant for policing at Â£7,421,588,629 (The figure was Â£7,630,719,732 for 2015-16[1])
  
  The central government grants are one of the ways policing in England and Wales is funded; council tax is another significant source of funding. Some of the government grant is paid as a "council tax freeze grant" paid where policing bodies decided in the past not to increase their element of council tax above a level set by the government. 
  
  This was a vote which specifically and solely affects England and Wales so a double majority, of both the MPs from the areas affected, and of the whole house, was required for it to pass. 
  
  Votes cast by all members of Parliament:
  
  Ayes 310, Noes 212.
  
  Votes cast by members for constituencies in England and Wales:
  
  Ayes 305, Noes 208.
  
  
  
  * [1] [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2015-02-10&number=150 Vote on Police Grant Report (England and Wales) for 2015-16 - 10 February 2015] - PublicWhip.org.uk
  
  
  
  
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