Oral Question·Home Office
“If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 1 July 2025Answered: 7 July 2025
Asked by
Harpreet Uppal
Labour — Huddersfield
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for the Home Department
Answer from Hansard
Yvette Cooper
My hon. Friend is right that we need the additional neighbourhood policing in West Yorkshire. I welcome the 12 additional officers in her constituency, the 100 additional neighbourhood police officers across West Yorkshire and, of course, the additional police officers in Pontefract and Castleford town centres. We have made it clear to police forces across the country that the focus this summer needs to be on tackling town centre crime.