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It is my job as Police and Crime Commissioner to ensure Wiltshire Police has the necessary resources to fight and prevent crime.
As with your finances during this time, your Force is facing increased financial pressures too. With an indication of a 1% increase in central funding from Government for 2023/24, Wiltshire Police faces making £5.5m worth of savings.
This is at a time when we need to invest in the policing service to ensure necessary changes and improvements are made to keep the county safe – and to bring the Force out of the HMIC Engage process (special measures).
Yesterday afternoon (12 Dec), the Government increased the cap on police precept, without local referendum, so that PCCs can now potentially increase by up £15 a year for a Band D household.
Originally, I could only increase the precept by 4.1% which meant an average Band D household would pay an extra £10 a year, 83p a month or £251.47 annually.
Yesterday’s announcement means I could now increase the average Band D police precept by up to 6.2% - an extra £1.25 a month, £15 per year, or £256.47 annually.
The implications on finances if an average £15 precept increase per Band D household is taken are now being worked on by my team and I will let you know the detail as soon as I am able.
During the last year, our communities have reinforced the need for more frontline police officers – and I agree with them. Using your support for a precept increase, we will have additional police officers to help provide more visible policing and quality investigations.
Working with the Chief Constable, and on his operational advice, we will deliver 40 additional police officers for our neighbourhood and volume crime teams as a result of the annual review of the current workforce mix. This will mean Wiltshire Police will better meet the needs of our communities.
These officers will bolster Wiltshire Police’s work in the community, and crime investigation, and are in addition to the Uplift officers who are also coming through the recruitment and training pipeline into our communities, as well as specialist roles and the rural crime team.
I know in normal times an increase in contributions will be felt by our communities but in the current economic situation I realise this increase will be felt more keenly than ever before but I am asking for your support for the increase.
The decision to ask for this support has been a difficult one – and one that I would not make if there was an alternative.
I encourage you to fill out the survey - it is only by using your voice that we can truly understand the views of local people.
What does the Precept Increase look like for all?
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Current Police Precept 2022/23 (annual payment)
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Total proposed Police Precept 2023/24 – with 4.1% increase - £10 average (annual payment) |
Yearly payment/ monthly payment for £10 average increase in precept. |
Total proposed Police Precept 2023/24 – with 6.2% increase - £15 average (annual payment) |
Yearly payment/ monthly payment for £15 average increase in precept. |
Band A |
£160.85 |
£167.51 |
£6.66 a year 55p a month |
£170.85 |
£10 a year 83p a month |
Band B |
£187.65 |
£195.43 |
£7.78 a year 65p a month |
£199.32 |
£11.67 a year 97p a month |
Band C |
£214.27 |
£223.35 |
£9.08 a year 76p a month |
£227.80 |
£13.53 a year £1.12 a month |
Band D |
£241.27 |
£251.27 |
£10 a year 83p a month |
£256.27 |
£15 a year £1.25 a month |
Band E |
£294.89 |
£307.11 |
£12.22 £1.02 a month |
£313.22 |
£18.33 a year £1.53 a month |
Band F |
£348.50 |
£362.95 |
£14.45 a year £1.20 a month |
£370.17 |
£21.67 a year £1.80 a month |
Band G |
£402.12 |
£418.78 |
£16.66 a year £1.38 a month |
£427.12 |
£25 a year £2.08 a month |
Band H |
£482.54 |
£502.54 |
£20 a year £1.66 a month |
£512.54 |
£30 a year £2.50 a month |