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Neighbourhood Policing: Recruitment

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 6 May 2025UIN 49134

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of the 28 April 2025 to Question 44693 on Neighbourhood Policing, how the figure of an additional 13,000 neighbourhood police officers was calculated.

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson

As set out in the Labour Party Manifesto, this Government has a clear commitment to recruit 13,000 additional neighbourhood officers.

Neighbourhood policing is the bedrock of the British policing model. Every community deserves visible, pro-active and accessible neighbourhood policing with officers tackling the issues that matter to them.

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