Policing in austerity: One year on
Policing in Austerity: Meeting the Challenge
Grade characteristics – policing in austerity
Policing in Austerity: Rising to the Challenge
In the October 2010 spending review, the government announced that central funding to the police service in England and Wales would be reduced in real terms by 20 percent in the four years between March 2011 and March 2015.
HMIC’s Valuing the Police programme has tracked how forces have planned to make savings to meet this budget reduction. This report contains the findings of the second year of valuing the police inspections.
The thematic report, Policing in austerity: One year on, found that police forces across England and Wales had risen to the financial challenge of the spending review, cutting their spending while largely maintaining the service they provide to the public; but HMIC had some concerns about whether all forces had transformed their efficiency to the extent that this could be sustained through the next three years (and into future spending reviews).
Reports
Read the inspection report, Policing in austerity: One year on
Avon and Somerset – Policing in austerity: One year on
Bedfordshire – Policing in austerity: One year on
Cambridgeshire – Policing in austerity: One year on
Cheshire – Policing in austerity: One year on
City of London – Policing in austerity: One year on
Cleveland – Policing in austerity: One year on
Cumbria – Policing in austerity: One year on
Derbyshire – Policing in austerity: One year on
Devon and Cornwall – Policing in austerity: One year on
Dorset – Policing in austerity: One year on
Durham – Policing in austerity: One year on
Dyfed-Powys – Policing in austerity: One year on
Essex – Policing in austerity: One year on
Gloucestershire – Policing in austerity: One year on
Greater Manchester – Policing in austerity: One year on
Gwent – Policing in austerity: One year on
Hampshire – Policing in austerity: One year on
Hertfordshire – Policing in austerity: One year on
Humberside – Policing in austerity: One year on
Kent – Policing in austerity: One year on
Lancashire – Policing in austerity: One year on
Leicestershire – Policing in austerity: One year on
Lincolnshire – Policing in austerity: One year on
Merseyside – Policing in austerity: One year on
Metropolitan – Policing in austerity: One year on
Norfolk – Policing in austerity: One year on
North Wales – Policing in austerity: One year on
North Yorkshire – Policing in austerity: One year on
Northamptonshire – Policing in austerity: One year on
Northumbria – Policing in austerity: One year on
Nottinghamshire – Policing in austerity: One year on
South Wales – Policing in austerity: One year on
South Yorkshire – Policing in austerity: One year on
Staffordshire – Policing in austerity: One year on
Suffolk – Policing in austerity: One year on
Surrey – Policing in austerity: One year on
Sussex – Policing in austerity: One year on
Thames Valley – Policing in austerity: One year on
Warwickshire – Policing in austerity: One year on
West Mercia – Policing in austerity: One year on
West Midlands – Policing in austerity: One year on
West Yorkshire – Policing in austerity: One year on
Wiltshire – Policing in austerity: One year on
Please note: In July 2017 HMIC took on responsibility for fire & rescue service inspections and was renamed HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS). Inspections carried out before July 2017 may continue to refer to HMIC.