Oral Question·Home Office
“What recent steps her Department has taken to help increase levels of community policing.”
Tabled: 18 December 2025Answered: 5 January 2026
Asked by
Luke Murphy
Labour — Basingstoke
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for the Home Department
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Policing and Crime (Sarah Jones)
As part of the neighbourhood policing guarantee, every neighbourhood now has a named and contactable officer dedicated to tackling local issues, with forces increasing patrols in town centres and other hotspots based on local demand. We have also made £200 million available to police forces this financial year to kick-start the journey towards delivering 13,000 additional neighbourhood policing personnel by the end of this Parliament, including 3,000 by March 2026.