Written Question·Home Office·UIN 49545

Neighbourhood Policing: Recruitment

Tabled: 30 April 2025

Answered: 6 May 2025

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Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, from which (a) date and (b) financial year did funding begin for the recruitment of the 13,000 additional neighbourhood police.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson

As set out in the 2025/26 police funding settlement, £200 million of funding has been allocated to forces in England and Wales, starting in April 2025 for the financial year 2025/26, to deliver the first steps towards placing 13,000 additional officers in...

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