Member

The noble Lord, Lord Evans, spoke about civic defence, which sits well alongside the commitment and the details that the Prime Minister announced earlier this year of the neighbourhood policing guarantee, which commits to recruiting thousands of additional neighbourhood officers, boosting visible policing and strengthening community engagement. Some £200 million has been made available to all forces in England and Wales in 2025-26 to fund additional policing personnel into neighbourhood teams. Delivery plans have been confirmed for that year with all police forces across England and Wales, with up to 3,000 more neighbourhood officers expected to be in post by the end of the year, including more than 300 special constables.