Police and Crime Commissioners
Published 10 December 2012
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We have received a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for the following:
- What public consultation took place when this new role was being designed by government?
- Could you please tell me how much is this going to cost the tax-payer to implement nationwide?
We released the following information on: 03 December 2012:
The publication of Policing in the 21st Century: Reconnecting Police and the People marked the start of a public consultation on key features of the government’s reform programme, including directly elected Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs). The consultation ran from July until September 2010.
The government does not expect the running costs and day to day expenditure of PCCs to be any greater than that of existing police authorities, which is currently less than 1 per cent of the total cost of policing. We estimate that the elections will cost up to £75 million. This money has been provided by central government and will not come from funds which would otherwise have gone to police forces.