Costs of policing annual party conferences fall to the relevant police authority. The Home Office has provided additional grant to the authorities responsible for policing the annual conference of the two main parties. The amount of additional grant paid in the last three years is set out in the following table:
National autumn conferences Force Amount of Government special grant (£ million) Labour 2006-07 Greater Manchester 3.984 2007-08 Dorset 5.320 2008-09 Greater Manchester 6.500 Conservative 2006-07 Dorset 2.150 2007-08 Lancashire 1.797 2008-09 West Midlands 4.500