To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has for the future (a) governance and (b) funding of the National Policing Improvement Agency; and if he will make a statement. (303902)

The National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) is an executive non-departmental public body (ENDPB) of the Home Office created under the Police and Justice Act 2006. Its governance arrangements are set out in legislation under Schedule 1 of the Police and Justice Act 2006 and there are no plans to change these arrangements.

Funding for the NPIA is allocated on an annual basis and funding allocations have not yet been set for 2010-11 and beyond.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much funding his Department allocated to the National Policing Improvement Agency in each of the last five years; what agreements are in place between his Department and that agency in relation to the use of such funding; under what statutory powers such funding was allocated; and if he will make a statement. (303903)

The funding allocated to the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) since it was established in April 2007 is shown in the following table.

The NPIA is subject to the principles of regularity, propriety and value for money that applies to all Government Departments and other public bodies in the management of public money and must observe the Treasury guidance 'Managing Public Money'. A Financial Memorandum between the Home Office and NPIA is in place and the Management Statement (published on the NPIA website) sets out in greater detail the financial framework within which NPIA is required to operate. Annual Accounts are laid before Parliament each year. The Chief Executive of the NPIA is the Accounting Officer.

The Secretary of State has statutory authority to make payments to the NPIA under Schedule 1, part 4 of the Police and Justice Act 2006.