Written Question·Home Office·UIN 71309

Police: Recruitment

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025

Question

Matt Vickers

ConservativeStockton West

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Police Uplift Programme in high-crime areas.

Answer

Sarah Jones
The Police Uplift Programme supported forces in England and Wales to deliver the recruitment of 20,000 additional police officers by March 2023.The deployment of police officers is a matter for operationally independent Chief Constable and directly electe...

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