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  Police Grant Report (England and Wales) for 2018-19 - Level of Central Government Funding for Policing
  
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  @ MP voted aye to set central government funding of policing for 2018-19 at a level 1.7% lower than was set for 2017-18. 
  @ MP voted no against setting central government funding of policing for 2018-19 at a level 1.7% lower than was set for 2017-18. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted to set central government funding of policing for 2018-19 at a level 1.7% lower than was set for 2017-18. 
  
  The motion supported by the majority of MPs, and the majority representing English and Welsh constituencies was:
  
  :That [https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/677801/Police_Grant_Report_Web_Accessible.pdf the Police Grant Report (England and Wales) for 2018-19] (HC 745), which was laid before this House on 31 January, be approved.
  
  
  The report set the total 2018-19 central government grant for policing at  Â£7,507,716,194 (The figure was Â£7,509,016,194 for 2017-18[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=2017-02-22&number=165 Vote on Police Grant Report (England and Wales) for 2017-18 - 22 February 2017] - PublicWhip.org.uk
  
  
  
  
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