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Police budget and council tax

Giles Orpen-Smellie launched his annual Police Budget Consultation on 4 September 2023. The consultation has now closed. Thank you to all those who took part. Giles will now take time to consider the findings and his decision will be announced in due course.

Your Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) is responsible for setting the budget for policing in Norfolk, including how much you contribute through Council Tax, and for monitoring how that budget is used and holding the Chief Constable to account.

Regular reports on police spending are received by your PCC at public meetings with the Chief Constable.

View more about the PCC Accountability Meeting

Funding for both Norfolk’s police service and the work of the PCC comes from grants received from the Home Office, income from fees and charges, and the annual council tax precept that is levied on all households in Norfolk.

The PCC must determine the amount you pay through your Council Tax, following consultation with communities and business rate payers, and the county’s Police and Crime Panel must be briefed on the PCC’s precept proposals. Council Tax is collected by District Councils who are also responsible for Council Tax benefit, discounts and exemptions. For specific information about Council Tax, like banding, tax benefits or paying your Council Tax, please contact your local council.

Budget 2024/25

The total budget under the control of the PCC in 2024/25 is £211.4 million.

 

Where the money comes from Budget 2023/24 Budget 2024/25
Government funding £105,936,324 £111,688,042
Council tax £93,917,669

£99,707,933

Approved budget £199,853,993

£211,395,975

 

How the money is spent Budget 2022/23 % of budget Budget 2023/24 % of budget Budget 2024/25 % of budget
Employees £166,217,858 85.8% £171,653,993 85.9% £186,301,659 88.1%
Premises £17,300,000 8.9% £18,900,000 9.5% £20,431,596 9.7%
Transport £3,500,000 1.8% £3,700,000 1.8% £3,971,277 1.9%
Supplies, services and other £24,900,000 12.9% £23,900,000 12.0% £26,445,898 12.5%
Capital financing £3,900,000 2.0% £5,300,000 2.6% £5,685,545 2.7%
Gross budget £215,817,858 111.4% £223,453,993 111.8% £242,835,975 114.9%
Other income (£22,100,000) -11.4% (£23,600,000) -11.8% (£31,440,000) -14.9%
Net budget £193,717,858 100.0% £199,853,993 100.0% £211,395,975 100.0%

 

Who is responsible for spending it Budget 2023/4 Budget 2024/25
Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCCN) £1,546,000 £1,829,330
OPCCN Commissioning - base budget £1,044,000 £1,044,100
Chief Constable operational spending £194,763,993 £204,681,000
Capital financing £5,295,000 £5,685,545
Transfer to/ (from) reserves (£2,795,000) (£1,844,000)
Approved budget £199,853,993

£211,395,975

 

Capital programme 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28
Estates schemes £4,459,333 £900,000 £150,000 £50,000
ICT (Norfolk only) £1,160,988 £1,466,908 £558,900 £465,000
Norfolk share of joint schemes (mostly ICT) £3,819,571 £3,410,810 £4,378,999 £3,052,496
Vehicles £1,289,000 £1,566,000 £1,822,000 £2,154,000
Total £10,728,892 £7,343,718 £6,909,899 £5,721,496

 

Capital funding 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28
Grant £0 £0 £0 £0
Capital receipts £1,100,000 £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
Revenue £4,063,159 £4,850,000 £5,000,000 £5,000,000
Use of reserves £1,406,400 £1,568,718 £1,734,899 £646,496
Internal/external borrowing £4,159,333 £850,000 £100,000 £0
Total £10,728,892 £7,343,718 £6,909,899 £5,721,496

 

Reserves Total general reserve Total earmarked reserves Total reserves
31/03/2023 £4,840,000 £15,646,000 £20,486,000
31/03/2024 forecast £4,990,000 £12,621,000 £17,611,000
31/03/2025 forecast £5,260,000 £10,507,000 £15,767,000
31/03/2026 forecast £5,340,000 £8,939,000 £14,279,000
31/03/2027 forecast £5,410,000 £7,845,000 £13,255,000
31/03/2028 forecast £5,490,000 £7,718,000 £13,208,000

Having consulted Norfolk’s communities on whether they would be prepared to pay more to support their police service in 2024/25, PCC Giles Orpen-Smellie took the decision to increase the council tax precept for the year by 4.28% (equating to an extra 25 pence per week for a Band D property or 19 pence per week for a Band B property).

Read the PCC's budget report to the Police and Crime Panel

Budget 2023/24

The total budget under the control of the PCC in 2023/24 is £199.8 million.

 

Approved budget £193,717,858

£199,853,993

Where the money comes from Budget 2022/23 Budget 2023/24
Government funding £105,602,101 £105,936,324
Council tax £88,115,757 £93,917,669

 

 

 Net budget £183,100,000  100.0%  £193,717,858  100.0%  £199,853,993  100.0% 
 How the money is spent  Budget 2021/22 % of budget Budget 2022/23   % of budget  Budget 2023/24  % of budget
 Employees  £157,500,000  86.0%  £166,217,858  85.8%  £171,653,993 85.9%
 Premises £16,900,000  9.2%  £17,300,000  8.9%  £18,900,000  9.5% 
 Transport £3,600,000  2.0%  £3,500,000  1.8%  £3,700.000  1.8% 
 Supplies, services and other £23,100,000  12.6%  £24,900,000  12.9%  £23,900,000  12.0% 
 Capital financing £4,800,000  2.6%  £3,900,000   2.0% £5,300,000  2.6% 
 Gross budget £205,900,000  112.4%  £215,817,858  111.4%  £223,453,993  111.8% 
 Other income (£22,800,000)  -12.4%  (£22,100,000)  -11.4%  (£23,600,000)  -11.8% 

 

 Approved budget £193,717,858  £199,853,993 
 Who is responsible for spending it  Budget 2022/23  Budget 2023/24
Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk (OPCCN) £1,483,000  £1,546,000 
OPCCN Commissioning - base budget £1,044,000  £1,044,000 
Chief Constable operational spending £186,461,858   £194,763,993 
 Capital financing  £3,902,000  £5,295,000 
 Transfer to / (from) reserves £827,000   (£2,795,000) 

 

 Total £12,505,305  £7,443,588  £11,688,357  £8,514,949 
 Capital programme breakdown  2023/24  2024/25  2025/26  2026/27
Estates schemes  £5,900,000  £2,345,000  £5,056,000  £215,000 
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) - Norfolk only £869,189  £564,769 £922,929  £3,005,046 
 Norfolk share of joint schemes - mostly ICT £4,043,309  £3,234,819  £4,132,428  £3,439,903 
 Vehicles £1,692,807  £1,299,000  £1,577,000  £1,855,000 

 

 Total £12,505,305  £7,443,588  £11,688,357  £8,514,949 
 Capital funding breakdown  2023/24  2024/25  2025/26  2026/27
 Grant £0  £0  £0  £0 
 Capital receipts £1,975,000  £75,000  £465,500  £75,000 
 Revenue £4,683,877  £4,301,780  £4.431,780  £4,514,100 
 Use of reserves £987,000  £1,066,808  £1,945,077  £3,925,849 
 Internal / external borrowing £4,859,428  £2,000,000  £4,846,000  £0 

 

 Reserves  Total general reserve   Total earmarked reserves  Total reserves
 31 March 2022 £4,575,000  £16,780,000  £21,355,000 
  31 March 2023 forecast £4,840,000  £17,897,000  £22,737,000 
  31 March 2024 forecast £4,990,000  £14,952,000  £19,942,000 
  31 March 2025 forecast £5,130,000  £14,315,000  £19,445,000 
  31 March 2026 forecast £5,200,000  £12,870,000  £18,070,000 
  31 March 2027 forecast £5,270,000  £8,944,000  £14,214,000 

 

 

Having consulted Norfolk’s communities on whether they would be prepared to pay more to support their police service in 2023/24, PCC Giles Orpen-Smellie took the decision to increase the council tax precept for the year by 5.2% (equating to an extra 29 pence per week for a Band D property or 22 pence per week for a Band B property).

Find out more about the council tax increase

Read the PCC's budget report to the Police and Crime Panel

 

More budget and council tax information

2023/24

Letter to the Police and Crime Panel from the PCC confirming police precept budget. Ac.

Date: 2023-02-17 / PDF (203 KB)

Budget and Council TaxGovernance

Letter to the Police and Crime Commissioner from the Police and Crime Panel to confirm police precept. Ac.

Date: 2023-02-17 / PDF (147 KB)

Budget and Council TaxGovernance

2023-24 Police Budget - decision on policing precept - report to the Police and Crime Panel

Date: 2023-02-21 / PDF (4 MB)

Budget and Council Tax

2022/23

This report updates the Norfolk Police and Crime Panel on the PCC's proposed policing budget for 2022/23, providing information on the policing precept, revenue budget and capital plan for 2022/23 and medium-term financial plan to 2025/26.

Date: 2022-02-02 / PDF (1.1 MB)

2022/23Budget and Council Tax

The revised appendices are as a consequence of North Norfolk’s change in tax base and collection fund which occurred after the papers for the Panel meeting were published. However these changes would not change the precept decision the PCC requested.

Date: 2022-03-23 / PDF (153 KB)

2022/23Budget and Council Tax

2021/22

This report updates the Norfolk Police and Crime Panel on the PCC's proposed policing budget for 2021/22, providing information on the policing precept, revenue budget and capital plan for 2021/22 and medium-term financial plan to 2024/25.

Date: 2021-02-02 / PDF (1.3 MB)

2021/22Budget and Council Tax

2020/21

Date: 2020-02-17 / PDF (708 KB)

2020/21Budget and Council Tax

Date: 2019-12-16 / PDF (192 KB)

2020/21Budget and Council Tax

Budget Consultation Document 2020/21

Date: 2019-12-16 / PDF (1.4 MB)

2020/21Budget and Council Tax

The report which went to the Police and Crime Panel on 4 February has been updated to take account of Home Office clarification in relation to treatment of the ring-fenced uplift grant.

Date: 2020-02-17 / PDF (902 KB)

2020/21Budget and Council Tax

2019/20

Date: 2019-12-16 / PDF (192 KB)

2020/21Budget and Council Tax

Date: 2019-03-11 / PDF (334 KB)

2019/20Budget and Council Tax

Date: 2019-02-05 / PDF (431 KB)

2019/20Budget and Council Tax

Date: 2019-02-05 / PDF (132 KB)

2019/20Budget and Council Tax

Date: 2019-02-05 / PDF (7.5 MB)

2019/20Budget and Council Tax

Date: 2019-02-05 / PDF (2.8 MB)

2019/20Budget and Council Tax

2019-20 Budget Consultation Document

Date: 2019-01-02 / PDF (7.5 MB)

2019/20Budget and Council TaxConsultation

2019/20 Budget Consultation Responses

Date: 2019-02-05 / PDF (585 KB)

2019/20Budget and Council TaxConsultation

Capital Strategy 2019/20

Date: 2019-03-12 / PDF (217 KB)

2019/20Budget and Council Tax

2018/19

Date: 2018-04-04 / PDF (274 KB)

2018/19Budget and Council Tax

Date: 2018-02-07 / PDF (548 KB)

2018/19Budget and Council Tax

Date: 2018-02-07 / PDF (39 KB)

2018/19Budget and Council Tax

Date: 2018-02-07 / PDF (36 KB)

2018/19Budget and Council Tax

2018-19 Budget Consultation Document

Date: 2017-11-28 / PDF (827 KB)

2018/19Budget and Council TaxConsultation

Date: 2018-02-07 / PDF (490 KB)

2018/19Budget and Council TaxConsultation

Date: 2018-08-06 / PDF (311 KB)

2018/19Budget and Council Tax

Date: 2019-02-05 / PDF (431 KB)

2019/20Budget and Council Tax

Date: 2019-02-05 / PDF (132 KB)

2019/20Budget and Council Tax

2017/18

Date: 2017-03-06 / PDF (83 KB)

2017/18Budget and Council Tax

Income Analysis 2017/18

Date: 2017-05-03 / PDF (36 KB)

2017/18Budget and Council Tax

Date: 2017-02-06 / PDF (1.2 MB)

2017/18Budget and Council Tax

Letter from Panel - Precept

Date: 2017-02-06 / PDF (43 KB)

2017/18Budget and Council Tax

Letter to Panel - Precept

Date: 2017-02-06 / PDF (36 KB)

2017/18Budget and Council Tax

Budget Consultation 2017/18

Date: 2016-11-10 / PDF (2.4 MB)

2017/18Budget and Council TaxConsultation

Survey Comments

Date: 2017-02-06 / PDF (377 KB)

2017/18Budget and Council TaxConsultation

Survey Results

Date: 2017-02-06 / PDF (36 KB)

2017/18Budget and Council TaxConsultation

2016/17

Report provided to the Police & Crime Panel at a public meeting on 2 February 2016, providing a breakdown of the responses to the PCC's budget consultation.

Date: 2016-02-02 / PDF (34 KB)

2016/17Budget and Council Tax

Budget Consultation Responses 2016/17

Spreadsheet of responses to PCC's online survey on whether police Council Tax should be increased by 2% or frozen for 2016/17.

Date: 2016-02-02 / XLS (514 KB)

2016/17Budget and Council Tax

Chief Constable's Panel Presentation

Presentation given by Chief Constable Simon Bailey to members of the Norfolk Police & Crime Panel at a public meeting on 2 February 2016.

Date: 2016-02-02 / PDF (482 KB)

2016/17Budget and Council Tax

The members of the Norfolk Police and Crime Panel confirm their unanimous support for the PCC's revised proposal to increase the policing element of Council Tax.

Date: 2016-02-17 / PDF (47 KB)

2016/17Budget and Council Tax

Letter from PCC to Norfolk Police and Crime Panel confirming the end of the budget/precept setting process for 2016/17.

Date: 2016-02-17 / PDF (37 KB)

2016/17Budget and Council Tax

Agenda from the public meeting of the Norfolk Police & Crime Panel on 2 February 2016, where Panel members considered the PCC's police budget/Council Tax proposal.

Date: 2016-02-02 / PDF (3 MB)

2016/17Budget and Council Tax

This revised budget report was considered and endorsed by the members of the Police and Crime Panel on 16 February 2016.

Date: 2016-02-11 / PDF (630 KB)

2016/17Budget and Council Tax

Public Engagement Briefing 2016

Presentation given by Chief Constable Simon Bailey at public engagement events during PCC's January 2016 budget consultation.

Date: 2016-02-01 / PDF (656 KB)

2016/17Budget and Council Tax

This revised precept (and council tax) report was considered by the Police and Crime Panel at its public meeting on 16 February 2016. The Panel endorsed the Commissioner's proposal to increase the council tax by 1.98% (£4.124) per annum to £212.94 at Band D. The collection authorities were notified of their individual shares of the total precept (£60,630,402) in letters from the Chief Finance Officer dated 16 February 2016.

Date: 2016-02-17 / PDF (880 KB)

2016/17Budget and Council Tax

2015/16

Budget Presentation 2015/16

Date: 2015-01-01 / PDF (164 KB)

2015/16Budget and Council Tax

Date: 2015-01-01 / PDF (170 KB)

2015/16Budget and Council Tax

Date: 2015-02-03 / PDF (47 KB)

2015/16Budget and Council Tax