Transparency data
Police financial reserves: March 2020
Published 11 May 2021
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Police reserve levels as at March 2020
| 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 | 9 | 36 | 45 | 4 | 13.8 | 12.7 | 39.5 |
| Bedfordshire | 3 | 6.9 | 9.9 | 0 | 8.1 | 0.5 | 5.5 |
| Cambridgeshire | 7.2 | 9.1 | 16.3 | 0.8 | 10.4 | -1.8 | -9.7 |
| Cheshire | 5.8 | 9 | 14.8 | 2.5 | 7.1 | -3.4 | -18.7 |
| City of London | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cleveland | 5 | 9.3* | 14.3 | 2 | 10 | 1.3 | 9.6 |
| Cumbria | 3 | 18.6 | 21.6 | 7.8 | 18.4 | -0.3 | -1.5 |
| Derbyshire | 5.5 | 9.3 | 14.8 | 4.1 | 7.6 | -20.2 | -57.7 |
| Devon & Cornwall | 10.8 | 32.6 | 43.4 | 0.5 | 12.8 | 14.9 | 52.2 |
| Dorset | 4.7 | 4.2 | 8.9 | 1 | 6.2 | -8.8 | -49.7 |
| Durham | 6.6 | 5.7 | 12.3 | 18.5 | 9.2 | -3.3 | -21 |
| Dyfed-Powys | 4 | 10.1 | 14.1 | 0.4 | 12.2 | -12.6 | -47.1 |
| Essex | 9.3 | 9.5* | 18.7 | 1.1 | 5.9 | -13.3 | -41.6 |
| Gloucestershire | 5.8 | 17.6 | 23.4 | 4.8 | 18.4 | 1.5 | 6.8 |
| Greater Manchester | 15.4 | 70 | 85.3 | 0 | 13.3 | 35 | 69.6 |
| Gwent | 9.1 | 34.5 | 43.6 | 2.5 | 30.7 | 3.5 | 8.6 |
| Hampshire | 18.9 | 57.8 | 76.8 | 0 | 20.9 | 39.5 | 106.1 |
| Hertfordshire | 7 | 14.5 | 21.5 | 4.5 | 9.7 | 2.1 | 11.1 |
| Humberside | 5.8 | 11.4 | 17.2 | 0 | 8.6 | -16.7 | -49.3 |
| Kent | 9.4 | 6.9* | 16.3 | 0.4 | 4.8 | -4.3 | -20.9 |
| Lancashire | 10.1 | 12.5 | 22.6 | 0.7 | 7.3 | 2.5 | 12.3 |
| Leicestershire | 5 | 22.3 | 27.3 | 0.5 | 13.4 | 3.5 | 14.7 |
| Lincolnshire | 3.3 | 12.4 | 15.8 | 0 | 12 | 5.2 | 49.1 |
| Merseyside | 12.2 | 19.3 | 31.5 | 0 | 8.8 | 1.4 | 4.5 |
| Metropolitan Police | 63.6 | 375.4 | 438.9 | 0 | 14.9 | 169.3 | 62.8 |
| Norfolk | 4.5 | 14 | 18.4 | 0.3 | 10.4 | -3.5 | -15.9 |
| North Wales | 5.2 | 20 | 25.2 | 0.1 | 15.1 | -3 | -10.8 |
| North Yorkshire | 5.6 | 5.9 | 11.5 | 2 | 6.9 | -16.6 | -59.1 |
| Northamptonshire | 5 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 11.6 | 3.1 | 22.5 |
| Northumbria | 12.1 | 11.6 | 23.7 | 15.3 | 7.7 | -32.1 | -57.5 |
| Nottinghamshire | 7.1 | 20.1 | 27.2 | 4.9 | 12.1 | 10.9 | 66.6 |
| South Wales | 9.9 | 15.6 | 25.5 | 0 | 8.1 | -11.1 | -30.3 |
| South Yorkshire | 24.7 | 31.2 | 55.8 | 0 | 19.8 | 17.8 | 47 |
| Staffordshire | 6.4 | 10.1 | 16.5 | 3.5 | 7.8 | 3.1 | 23 |
| Suffolk | 4 | 7.4 | 11.4 | 0.1 | 8.5 | -3.1 | -21.1 |
| Surrey | 8.1 | 11.4 | 19.5 | 3.1 | 7.8 | 6.7 | 52.5 |
| Sussex | 11.4 | 10 | 21.3 | 0 | 6.9 | -30.4 | -58.7 |
| Thames Valley | 19.9 | 20.8 | 40.7 | 14.8 | 8.9 | -0.6 | -1.5 |
| Warwickshire | 5 | 16 | 21 | 0 | 19.1 | 0.6 | 2.8 |
| West Mercia | 9.6 | 5.4 | 15 | 0 | 6.3 | -17.1 | -53.3 |
| West Midlands | 12 | 48.1 | 60.1 | 7.2 | 9.7 | -19 | -24 |
| West Yorkshire | 12.6 | 36.6 | 49.1 | 8.6 | 10.1 | 18.8 | 61.8 |
| Wiltshire | 3.1 | 9.1 | 12.2 | 0.5 | 9.6 | -4.5 | -26.8 |
| Total England & Wales | 405.7 | 1120 | 1525.7 | 116.7 | 11.7 | 128.1 | 9.2 |
Notes
- Source: All figures taken from audited PCC Group statements of accounts.
- No figures available for City of London Police.
- Figures may not sum due to rounding.
- Figures held for Lincolnshire, Northampton and Nottinghamshire are in draft form due to delays from external auditors.
- 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 2020-21 direct resource funding (government grant and precept).
- Please note: March 2020 reserves figures are as published in November 2020. Figures may be restated in future statements of accounts.
- Figures labelled * represent forces that hold revenue reserves outside of general and earmarked reserves.