Scotland Yard ask for extra cash to keep hunt for Madeleine McCann going for one more year Scotland Yard asked Home Office for more funding in hunt for Madeleine McCann In December last year Cressida Dick has reportedly backed Operation Grange Last year the probe into the missing girl's disappearance had also been granted £150,000 more funding by the Home OfficeBy Bhvishya Patel For Mailonline Published: 18:14 GMT, 1 March 2019 | Updated: 18:25 GMT, 1 March 2019 Viewcomments Scotland Yard has requested that the Home Office provide another year of funding in the hunt for Madeleine McCann, Sky News has reported. In December the Metropolitan Police commissioner Cressida Dick had reportedly backed the long-running Operation Grange, which had cost some £11.75million, and defended the ongoing search. A month earlier, the probe into the missing girl's disappearance had also been granted £150,000 more funding by the Home Office. In a blog last year the Home Office had said: 'We have received and are considering a request from the Metropolitan Police Service to extend funding for Operation Grange until the end of March 2019. 'The Home Office maintains an ongoing dialogue with the MPS regarding.' Scotland Yard has requested that the Home Office provide another year of funding in the hunt for Madeleine McCann, Sky News has said Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility