Nottinghamshire Police is to receive a £1.54m share of additional funding from the Home Secretary to tackle serious crime.

The Home Secretary has allocated police forces the final part of a dedicated £100m fund to tackle serious violence.

Sajid Javid announced that £12.4m will be distributed to 18 forces dealing with high levels of violent crime, and Nottinghamshire Police will receive an extra £1.54m.

It comes after £51 million was announced for the forces before Easter for additional officer deployments, improved intelligence, and short-term operational actions such as targeting habitual knife carriers.

The announcement comes ahead of the first meeting of a new Ministerial Taskforce on Serious Youth Violence, chaired by the Prime Minister, in Downing Street today.

Home Secretary, Sajid Javid said: “I’ve been doing everything in my power to ensure we have the strongest possible response to tackle violent crime - and law enforcement plays a key role in this.

“This money means forces can take urgent action, including more officers on duty in the worst affected areas.

“It takes a collective effort to tackle violent crime and I’ll continue to work closely with police and partners to end this senseless bloodshed.”

The £100 million Serious Violence Fund was announced by the government in the March Spring Statement.

Around a third of the funding - £35 million - will support the setting up of violence reduction units (VRUs) and other preventative activity across the country. VRUs are a multi-agency approach bringing together police, health agencies, local government, and community representatives to tackle violent crime and its underlying causes.

Another £1.6 million is being spent on ensuring forces collect better data to help their planning and ensure targeted action.