Police financial reserves: March 2021
Published 1 March 2023
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Police reserve levels as at March 2021
| 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 | % Change since March 2011 % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avon & Somerset | 12.0 | 39.5 | 51.5 | 5.6 | 15.0% | 19.2 | 59.6% |
| Bedfordshire | 3.0 | 9.5 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 9.6% | 3.1 | 32.5% |
| Cambridgeshire | 7.5 | 8.7 | 16.2 | 0.2 | 9.8% | -1.8 | -10.2% |
| Cheshire | 5.8 | 15.8 | 21.5 | 0.9 | 9.8% | 3.4 | 18.5% |
| City of London | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cleveland | 5.0 | 8.0 | 13.0 | 4.5 | 8.7% | -0.1 | -0.4% |
| Cumbria | 3.6 | 13.7 | 17.3 | 8.0 | 14.1% | -4.7 | -21.4% |
| Derbyshire | 5.5 | 9.9 | 15.4 | 3.7 | 7.5% | -19.6 | -56.0% |
| Devon & Cornwall | 14.4 | 31.7 | 46.1 | 0.0 | 13.0% | 17.6 | 61.6% |
| Dorset | 5.7 | 3.7 | 9.4 | 0.8 | 6.2% | -8.3 | -47.1% |
| Durham | 6.6 | 10.9 | 17.5 | 18.8 | 12.4% | 1.9 | 12.3% |
| Dyfed-Powys | 4.0 | 12.9 | 16.9 | 0.1 | 13.9% | -9.8 | -36.8% |
| Essex | 13.2 | 11.7 | 24.9 | 0.0 | 7.4% | -7.2 | -22.5% |
| Gloucestershire | 4.6 | 15.9 | 20.5 | 4.9 | 15.3% | -1.4 | -6.6% |
| Greater Manchester | 15.4 | 85.2 | 100.6 | 0.0 | 14.9% | 50.2 | 99.8% |
| Gwent | 9.3 | 30.4 | 39.7 | 2.5 | 26.5% | -0.4 | -1.0% |
| Hampshire | 13.1 | 78.0 | 91.1 | 0.0 | 23.5% | 53.8 | 144.5% |
| Hertfordshire | 7.7 | 15.6 | 23.4 | 7.4 | 10.0% | 4.0 | 20.5% |
| Humberside | 6.1 | 14.2 | 20.4 | 0.0 | 9.6% | -13.5 | -39.9% |
| Kent | 7.0 | 13.6 | 20.6 | 0.4 | 5.8% | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| Lancashire | 11.7 | 12.4 | 24.1 | 1.2 | 7.4% | 4.0 | 19.9% |
| Leicestershire | 5.0 | 24.9 | 29.9 | 0.5 | 13.9% | 6.1 | 25.8% |
| Lincolnshire | 6.0 | 14.3 | 20.2 | 0.0 | 14.6% | 9.7 | 91.3% |
| Merseyside | 13.0 | 32.2 | 45.2 | 0.0 | 11.9% | 15.0 | 49.6% |
| Metropolitan Police | 58.8 | 513.6 | 572.4 | 4.8 | 18.6% | 302.8 | 112.3% |
| Norfolk | 4.5 | 16.6 | 21.1 | 0.4 | 11.3% | -0.8 | -3.8% |
| North Wales | 5.4 | 25.5 | 30.9 | 2.1 | 17.5% | 2.7 | 9.5% |
| North Yorkshire | 5.6 | 10.5 | 16.2 | 3.4 | 9.4% | -12.0 | -42.6% |
| Northamptonshire | 5.0 | 13.0 | 18.0 | 0.0 | 11.7% | 4.1 | 29.6% |
| Northumbria | 10.1 | 23.2 | 33.2 | 22.4 | 10.3% | -22.6 | -40.5% |
| Nottinghamshire | 7.1 | 18.3 | 25.4 | 5.8 | 10.7% | 9.1 | 55.8% |
| South Wales | 10.1 | 25.8 | 35.9 | 0.0 | 10.8% | -0.8 | -2.1% |
| South Yorkshire | 42.2 | 22.1 | 64.4 | 0.0 | 21.7% | 26.4 | 69.5% |
| Staffordshire | 7.2 | 20.6 | 27.8 | 0.3 | 12.6% | 14.4 | 107.5% |
| Suffolk | 4.0 | 12.6 | 16.6 | 1.5 | 11.7% | 2.1 | 14.7% |
| Surrey | 8.3 | 11.4 | 19.8 | 1.9 | 7.6% | 7.0 | 54.5% |
| Sussex | 12.4 | 8.7 | 21.1 | 0.0 | 6.4% | -30.6 | -59.2% |
| Thames Valley | 19.9 | 23.2 | 43.1 | 16.5 | 8.9% | 1.7 | 4.2% |
| Warwickshire | 5.0 | 7.7 | 12.7 | 0.0 | 10.9% | -7.7 | -37.9% |
| West Mercia | 7.4 | 6.9 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 5.7% | -17.8 | -55.6% |
| West Midlands | 12.0 | 56.4 | 68.4 | 6.7 | 10.4% | -10.7 | -13.5% |
| West Yorkshire | 15.8 | 49.3 | 65.0 | 8.8 | 12.7% | 34.7 | 114.1% |
| Wiltshire | 3.3 | 9.1 | 12.4 | 0.5 | 9.2% | -4.3 | -25.9% |
| Total England & Wales | 429.3 | 1,386.80 | 1,816.10 | 134.5 | 13.3% | 418.5 | 29.9% |
Notes
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Source: All figures taken from audited PCC Group statements of accounts.
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No figures available for City of London Police.
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Figures may not sum due to rounding.
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Figures held for Bedordshire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire are in draft form due to delays from external auditors.
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Figures show total PCC usable reserves levels, including reserves held on behalf of others.
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Resource reserves as a percentage of funding show reserves as a percentage of 2020-21 direct resource funding (Government grant and precept).
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Please note: March 2021 reserves figures as published in individual force statement of accounts 2020-21. Figures may be restated in future statements of accounts.