Question follow-through · 900770

Police: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made on recruiting police officers and police community support officers.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
15 Oct 2024
Target answer date
21 Oct 2024
Answer
21 Oct 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 15 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made on recruiting police officers and police community support officers.

  2. 21 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    This Government is committed to strengthening neighbourhood policing as part of our Safer Streets Mission, putting neighbourhood police officers and community support officers back on the beat in every part of the country.We are currently working closely ...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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