Written Question·Home Office·UIN 12304

Police: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

Tabled: 1 November 2024

Answered: 11 November 2024

Question

Lisa Smart

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of (a) recruitment and (b) retention in police forces.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson

The latest Home Office statistics for the overall Police Workforce show a 1.2% increase when compared to the previous year. The total paid police workforce in the 43 territorial police forces in England and Wales was 236,588 full-time equivalents (FTE) as...

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