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  Police Grant Report (England and Wales) for 2015-16 -  Level of Central Government Funding for Policing
  
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  @ MP voted aye to set central government funding of policing for 2015-16 at a level 4.7% lower than was set for 2014-15.
  @ MP voted no against setting central government funding of policing for 2015-16 at a level 4.7% lower than was set for 2014-15.
  
  The majority of MPs voted to set central government funding of policing for 2015-16 at a level 4.7% lower than was set for 2014-15.
  
  The motion approved by the majority of MPs was:
  
  :That the [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-police-grant-report-england-and-wales-2015-to-16 Police Grant Report (England and Wales) for 2015â16 (HC 930)], which was laid before this House on 4 February, be approved.
  
  The regulations set the total 2015-16 central government grant for policing at Â£7,630,719,732 (The figure was Â£8,007,358,984 for 2014-15[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=2014-02-12&number=212 Vote on Police Grant Report (England and Wales) for 2014-15 - 12 February 2014] - PublicWhip.org.uk
  
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