Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have been granted an additional £108,000 for the coming financial year, as the total cost of the search reaches more than £13million.
The Home Office has approved the funding for Operation Grange, the Metropolitan Police unit tasked with hunting for Madeleine, who vanished in May 2007.
Last year, Scotland Yard received £100,000 for the investigation, with this year's amount increasing by £8,000.
Madeleine was just three years old when she disappeared from her family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, 18 years ago.
Madeleine McCann was last seen in 2007 in PortugalPAThe investigation has been ongoing since her disappearance, with funding provided annually.
A Home Office spokesman said: "The ongoing police investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, known as Operation Grange, is an operational matter for the Metropolitan Police Service.
"Ministers have approved a request to provide up to £108,000 for Operation Grange in 2025-26.
"In line with our Special Grant processes, funding for Operation Grange is approved on an annual basis."
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Last year, Scotland Yard received £100,000 for the investigation, with this year's amount increasing by £8,000
PAIt is understood that the current investigation team consists of one detective chief inspector, one detective constable and one member of police staff.
The total funding provided to Operation Grange has exceeded £13.2million since 2011.
Christian Brueckner remains the main suspect in Madeleine's disappearance, though he has not been charged in relation to the case.
The 48-year-old is currently serving a seven-year sentence in Sehnde Prison near Hanover for the rape of an elderly woman in Praia da Luz in 2005.
Gerry and Kate McCann holding up the pyjamas Madeleine was wearing when she disappeared BBC Crimewatch He was recently cleared of several unrelated sex charges alleged to have happened near the Algarve resort, though prosecutors have appealed this decision.
Brueckner is expected to be released in September unless charged in the Madeleine case.
Det Ch Insp Mark Cranwell, who oversees the British investigation, said: "We continue to support Madeleine's family to understand what happened on the evening of 3 May 2007 in Praia da Luz.
"Our thoughts remain with the family."
