Oral QuestionDepartment for Work and Pensions

What estimate he has made of the number of jobs provided by businesses in Witham constituency.

Tabled: 30 January 2024Answered: 5 February 2024

Asked by

Priti Patel

ConservativeWitham

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Answer from Hansard

The Deputy Prime Minister

I thank my hon. Friend for his expertise and his work before he came to this place. Tory austerity has decimated neighbourhood policing. We will put thousands more neighbourhood police and police community support officers back on our streets, to ensure that every community has a named local officer. We will tackle illegal drugs, halve knife crime, crack down on antisocial behaviour and go after the gangs who lure young people into violence.