Home Office written question – answered at on 9 February 2026.
Alex Baker
Labour, Aldershot
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help increase levels of recruitment of neighbourhood police officers.
Sarah Jones
The Minister of State, Home Department
The Government is committed to rebuilding neighbourhood policing and restoring the vital link between police forces and the communities they serve.
By the end of this Parliament there will be 13,000 additional neighbourhood policing personnel across England and Wales. This year we have provided £200m to support forces to deliver 3,000 additional neighbourhood officers by March 2026. We are on track, with forces having already delivered almost 2,400 additional neighbourhood officers in just 6 months.
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