Written Question·Home Office·UIN 12303

Police: Deployment

Tabled: 1 November 2024
Answered: 11 November 2024

Question

Lisa Smart

Liberal DemocratHazel Grove

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of police officers are currently classified as deployable; and what the primary reasons are for officers being deemed non-deployable.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
The Home Office does not have an official measure of ‘deployable’.The Home Office collects and publishes data annually on the number and proportion of police officers available for duty as at 31 March each year in the ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’...

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