Nick Hurd corrected a written answer on Metropolitan Police: Expenditure
Louise Haigh (Labour, Sheffield, Heeley) asked written question 217646 on 6 February 2019. Mr Nick Hurd answered on 11 February 2019 for the Home Office, and Mr Nick Hurd corrected the answer on 18 February 2019. The corrected text adds the figures £1.3 million, £10.1 million, £11 million, £11.4 million, £13.5 million, £17.8 million, which the original did not give. Altogether 238 words differ between the two versions.
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2019 to Question 213415, what the total amount requested by the Metropolitan Police was between 2017-18 and 2018-19 for which the Government chose to award £22 million in Special Grant funding.
Original and corrected answer
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| Please see | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The £22 million awarded in Special Grant funding to the Metropolitan Police referred to in our answer to question 213415 was solely for the Grenfell Tower investigation and response. It does not represent the full amount of Special Grant funding provided to the Metropolitan Police for 2017-18 and 2018-19. Please see table below regarding Metropolitan Police Special Grant claims and awards for 2017/18 and 2018/19: | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | Claimed | Awarded | Claimed | Awarded Grenfell Tower | £11 million | £10.1 million | £13.5 million | £11.4 million Madeleine McCann investigation | £308,500 | £308,500 | £300,000 | £300,000 Royal Wedding | N/A | N/A | £237,000 | £237,000 USA President visit | N/A | N/A | £1.3 million | £1.3 million Commonwealth Summit | £602,000 | £602,000 | £4.6 million | £4.6 million Commonweath Summit – Hostile Vehicle Mitigation measures | £5.2 million | £5.2 million | N/A | N/A London terrorist attacks | £7.7 million | £7.7 million | N/A | N/A | | | | Total | £24.8 million | £23.9 million | £19.9million | £17.8 million | | | | Information regarding all Special Grant claims and awards from 2014/15 to 2017-18 has been published on the .gov.uk website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-funding-special-grant-applications |
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
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