South Yorkshire Police concern at £3 million cuts
03/06/10
South Yorkshire Police Authority has expressed its concern at the Government's decision to cut £3 million from the current year's budget.
The new Police Minister, Nick Herbert, informed all chief constables that £125 million of cuts will be made to police forces up and down the country this year.
South Yorkshire Police Authority will see its Home Office grant reduced from £110.2 million to £107.4 million - a cut of £2.8 million - in this financial year; and its capital grant will be reduced from £3.3 million to £3.1 million.
Bill Wilkinson, Chief Executive for South Yorkshire Police Authority said: "The Authority is concerned about the unprecedented in-year reduction in government grants.
"It is hoped that we will be able to avoid cuts in services during the current year, because the Authority and the Chief Constable are already making plans for phased savings in readiness for the bigger cuts which are expected from 2011.
"Whichever way you look at it there is £3m the Authority had assumed was available and which now represents a gap in our financial plans for the next four years".