Transparency data
Police financial reserves: March 2019
Published 11 May 2021
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Police reserve levels as at March 2019
| PCC | General fund £m | Earmarked reserves £m | Total resource reserves £m | Capital reserves £m | Resource reserves as a percentage of funding % | Change since March 2011 £m | Percentage change since March 2011 % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avon & Somerset | 10 | 24.1 | 34.1 | 3.5 | 11.2 | 1.9 | 5.8 |
| Bedfordshire | 3 | 5.3 | 8.3 | 0.9 | 7.4 | -1.1 | -11.4 |
| Cambridgeshire | 7.2 | 12 | 19.2 | 2.6 | 13.2 | 1.1 | 6.3 |
| Cheshire | 7.4 | 4 | 11.5 | 3.7 | 5.9 | -6.7 | -36.9 |
| City of London | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Cleveland | 6 | 10.1* | 16.1 | 1.5 | 12.1 | 3 | 22.9 |
| Cumbria | 3 | 18.9 | 21.9 | 8.2 | 19.9 | -0.1 | -0.3 |
| Derbyshire | 5.5 | 12.9 | 18.4 | 5.2 | 10.2 | -16.7 | -47.6 |
| Devon & Cornwall | 8.8 | 36.9 | 45.7 | 0.3 | 14.5 | 17.2 | 60.3 |
| Dorset | 4 | 4.1 | 8 | 1.1 | 5.9 | -9.7 | -54.7 |
| Durham | 6.2 | 4.5 | 10.6 | 13.8 | 8.6 | -4.9 | -31.8 |
| Dyfed-Powys | 4 | 11.8 | 15.8 | 0.4 | 14.7 | -11 | -41 |
| Essex | 9.2 | 7.5* | 16.8 | 6.1 | 5.6 | -15.3 | -47.8 |
| Gloucestershire | 6 | 15.9 | 21.9 | 5.1 | 18.3 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Greater Manchester | 13.1 | 63 | 76.1 | 0 | 12.8 | 25.8 | 51.2 |
| Gwent | 9 | 44 | 53 | 2.3 | 40.5 | 12.8 | 32 |
| Hampshire | 10.8 | 56.8 | 67.6 | 0 | 19.8 | 30.3 | 81.3 |
| Hertfordshire | 6.3 | 18.5 | 24.8 | 2.3 | 12.1 | 5.4 | 28 |
| Humberside | 5.2 | 14.8 | 20 | 0 | 10.7 | -13.9 | -40.9 |
| Kent | 9.1 | 13.6* | 22.7 | 5.8 | 7.2 | 2.1 | 10.3 |
| Lancashire | 10.2 | 20.2 | 30.4 | 0.8 | 10.6 | 10.3 | 51.1 |
| Leicestershire | 6 | 18.7 | 24.7 | 0.5 | 13 | 0.9 | 3.8 |
| Lincolnshire | 3.2 | 9.2 | 12.5 | 0.3 | 10.1 | 1.9 | 17.8 |
| Merseyside | 12.2 | 16.1 | 28.3 | 0 | 8.5 | -1.9 | -6.2 |
| Metropolitan Police | 46.6 | 186.4 | 233 | 0 | 8.5 | -36.7 | -13.6 |
| Norfolk | 4.5 | 13.8 | 18.3 | 0.2 | 11 | -3.6 | -16.6 |
| North Wales | 4.4 | 19.3 | 23.6 | 0 | 15.1 | -4.6 | -16.2 |
| North Yorkshire | 6 | 5.6 | 11.5 | 1.9 | 7.4 | -16.6 | -58.9 |
| Northamptonshire | 4.3 | 8.4 | 12.8 | 0 | 9.4 | -1.1 | -7.8 |
| Northumbria | 9.7 | 7.4 | 17.1 | 8.2 | 6 | -38.7 | -69.4 |
| Nottinghamshire | 7.1 | 16.6 | 23.7 | 3 | 11.3 | 7.4 | 45.1 |
| South Wales | 9.9 | 17.2 | 27.1 | 0 | 9.3 | -9.6 | -26.2 |
| South Yorkshire | 17.9 | 32.6 | 50.5 | 0 | 19.2 | 12.5 | 32.9 |
| Staffordshire | 4.6 | 0.9 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 2.8 | -7.9 | -59.2 |
| Suffolk | 3.5 | 4.1 | 7.6 | 0.1 | 6.1 | -6.9 | -47.3 |
| Surrey | 6.8 | 10.4 | 17.3 | 5.3 | 7.4 | 4.5 | 34.9 |
| Sussex | 10.8 | 36.6 | 47.4 | 0 | 16.5 | -4.3 | -8.4 |
| Thames Valley | 18.7 | 24.5 | 43.2 | 15.4 | 10.2 | 1.8 | 4.4 |
| Warwickshire | 5 | 12.7 | 17.7 | 0 | 17.3 | -2.7 | -13.4 |
| West Mercia | 10.6 | 13.9 | 24.5 | 0 | 11.1 | -7.6 | -23.8 |
| West Midlands | 12 | 46.2 | 58.3 | 6.7 | 10.2 | -20.9 | -26.4 |
| West Yorkshire | 15.3 | 42.9 | 58.2 | 8.1 | 13 | 27.8 | 91.6 |
| Wiltshire | 2.9 | 12.5 | 15.3 | 0.5 | 12.9 | -1.4 | -8.3 |
| Total England & Wales | 365.9 | 954.7 | 1320.6 | 119 | 10.9 | -77.1 | -5.51 |
Notes
- Source: All figures taken from audited PCC Group statements of accounts.
- No figures available for City of London Police.
- Figures held for Lincolnshire are in draft form due to delays from external auditors.
- Figures may not sum due to rounding.
- Figures show total PCC usable reserves levels, including reserves held on behalf of others.
- Resource reserves as a percentage of funding show reserves as a percentage of 2019-20 direct resource funding (government grant and precept).
- Please note: March 2019 reserves figures are as published in November 2019. Figures may be restated in future statements of accounts.
- Figures labelled * represent forces that hold revenue reserves outside of general and earmarked reserves