Neighbourhood Policing: Recruitment
The question
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.
Answered by 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 into neighbourhood policing roles by the end of this Parliament.
The approach to delivery in 2025/26, which will be year 1 of a 4-year programme, is designed to deliver an initial increase to the neighbourhood policing workforce in a manner that is flexible and can be adapted to the local context and varied crime demands. An assessment of progress and learnings from year 1 of delivery will be used to inform delivery models for future phases of the programme.
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