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  Police Grant Report (England and Wales) for 2017-18 - Level of Central Government Funding for Policing
  
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  @ MP voted aye to set central government funding of policing for 2017-18 at a level 1.16% higher than was set for 2016-17. 
  @ MP voted no against setting central government funding of policing for 2017-18 at a level 1.16% higher than was set for 2016-17. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted to set central government funding of policing in England and Wales for 2017-18 at a level 1.16% higher than was set for 2016-17. 
  
  The motion supported by the majority of MPs, and the majority representing English and Welsh constituencies was:
  
  :That the [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/588196/Police_Grant_report_2017-18_Accessible.pdf Police Grant Report (England and Wales) for 2017â18] (HC 944), which was laid before this House on 1 February, be approved.
  
  
  The report set the total 2015-16 central government grant for policing at  Â£7,509,016,194 (The figure was Â£7,421,588,629 for 2016-17[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. 
  
  
  
  
  * [1] [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2016-02-10&number=191 Vote on Police Grant Report (England and Wales) for 2015-16 - 10 February 2016] - PublicWhip.org.uk
  
  
  
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