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  Police Grant Report (England and Wales) for 2019-20 - Level of Central Government Funding for Policing
  
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  @ MP voted aye to set central government funding of policing for 2019-20 at a level 2.1% higher than was set for 2018-19. 
  @ MP voted no against setting central government funding of policing for 2019-20 at a level 2.1% higher than was set for 2018-19. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted to set central government funding of policing for 2019-20 at a level 2.1% higher than was set for 2018-19. 
  
  The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That the [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-grants-in-england-and-wales-2019-to-2020 Police Grant Report (England and Wales) for 2019/20 (HC 1896)], which was laid before this House on 24 January, be approved.
  
  The total central government grant for policing approved was Â£7,665,216,197. (The figure was Â£7,507,716,194 for 2018-19[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] [https://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2018-02-07&house=commons&number=116 Vote on Police Grant Report (England and Wales) for 2018-19 - 7 February 2018] - PublicWhip.org.uk
  
  
  
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