Recommendation 14

The costs incurred by police forces during the course of the disorder look modest in the context of overall policing budgets, but these unexpected costs have nonetheless had a significant impact and are being disproportionately borne by certain forces. We welcome the Government’s earlier commitment to reimbursing forces through special grant funding, but we are concerned about the significant delays to releasing this money which put forces in a difficult position in planning for this financial year. 35 It would not be acceptable for Police and Crime Commissioners to have to find funding for Riot Compensation Act claims from within their existing budgets. (Conclusion, Paragraph 51)