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Met asks government to pay for Grenfell investigation

The Metropolitan Police has asked for £38m from the Home Office to pay for its investigation into the Grenfell Tower fire.

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Scotland Yard has asked for £38m from the Home Office to cover the Grenfell investigation

Home Office ministers are to decide whether the government will pay for the Grenfell investigation

The police’s wide-ranging investigation into Grenfell will cost £38m and they’ve asked government to foot the bill

It submitted an official request to the government for funding based on the size of the investigation, which involves 383 companies.

Lynda McMullan, director of commercial and finance at the Metropolitan Police, revealed that the police had made the request at the London Assembly’s Budget and Performance Committee.

Ms McMullan told the committee: “[Grenfell] has had a very significant impact and we’ve put in a special grant claim for the current year for £11.1m, in terms of the additionality of cost to do with the incident for the current financial year.

“We have also indicated that we would like – we estimate that we will be spending – close to £27m on that particular investigation.

“We are asking whether or not we can have dispensation, not just the 1% referenced, but we also want to claim the full cost of our officer time for that investigation, not just the additionality, the overtime, in effect.”


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Ms McMullan argued that it would not be reasonable for the police to pay the full costs, given the investigation will go on for some time.

Police forces are allowed to apply for grants to supplement an investigation’s budget if it is greater than 1% of the force’s total budget.

According to Ms McMullan, Home Office officials have said that the matter will be put before ministers.

The police revealed last month in a statement to the public inquiry into the fire that its investigation involves 187 police officers and civilian staff, 31 million documents, 2,500 physical exhibits and 2,332 witness statements from 1,144 witnesses.

The investigation is looking into offences including misconduct in public office, manslaughter, corporate manslaughter and breaches of fire safety regulations.

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