PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Welsh Extremism and Counter Terrorism Unit (10 June 2015)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what resources her Department has allocated to the Wales Extremism and Counter Terrorism Unit in 2014-15; and what changes to those resources are expected in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18.

Asked by:
Stephen Doughty (Labour)

The Welsh Extremism and Counter Terrorism Unit does receive funding from the Counter Terrorism Policing Grant. The Home Office does not publically provide a breakdown of the Counter Terrorism Policing Grant by region or capability for security reasons.

In the Spending Round 2013, specific funding for counter-terrorism was protected to 2015-16. A Written Ministerial Statement (WMS) in December 2013 confirmed that the police CT resource budget would be at least £564 million for 2014-15. A WMS in December 2014 confirmed at least the same amount would be available for 2015-16. In addition, HM Treasury has increased funding in 2015-16 for counter terrorism policing by a further £14.9 million to strengthen our capabilities in response to the increased threat from terrorism.

Whilst budgets have been set for 2015-16, budgets for future years will be determined after the upcoming Spending Review.

Answered by:
Dame Karen Bradley (Conservative)
22 June 2015