Counter-terrorism spending increased (10 October 2007)

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, has announced changes to spending on counter-terrorism and security. In his Pre-Budget Report to Parliament, the Chancellor stated that an additional £220 million per year by 2010/11 will be allocated to the Home Office budget. The total annual expenditure on counter-terrorism and intelligence will increase to £3.5 billion by 2010/11, up from £2.5 billion in 2007/08.

In addition, the management of counter-terrorist and intelligence spending will be reformed through the creation of a new Single Security and Intelligence Budget to bring together all dedicated funding for the security and intelligence agencies, the police and other government bodies responsible for countering the terrorist threat. A new counter-terrorism Public Service Agreement is also being established.

For more details, see HM Treasury's web pages on the 2007 Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review (new window) and the Security and Intelligence section of the Departmental Settlements (PDF, 406 Kb - new window). Further information is available on this website about the Security Service's current funding and our use of resources.