Question follow-through · 15876

Police: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) warranted police officers, (b) Police Community Support Officers and (c) special constables have been recruited since February 2023.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
25 Nov 2024
Target answer date
28 Nov 2024
Answer
28 Nov 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 25 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) warranted police officers, (b) Police Community Support Officers and (c) special constables have been recruited since February 2023.

  2. 28 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    The Home Office collects and publishes data annually on the number of police workers joining the police service in the ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin which can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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