How is the Home Office going to use ABC? Will it affect funding levels?
ABC data will be used to inform negotiations with HM Treasury for appropriate funding at the national level. The Home Secretary is interested in principle in looking at ways in which the police funding system can be informed by current performance and the use of resources. Activity Analysis has already been used to inform the Funding Formula in recent years. Thirty-six police forces provided Activity Analysis data for 2002-03. Whilst using ABC to change the Funding Formula is not imminent, using it will be considered in the future. ABC will also be used in the Policing Performance Assessment Framework (PPAF), providing the context for PPAF by helping to illustrate where there is a correlation between results and resources.
