Question follow-through · 19814
Police: Essex
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of police officers in (i) Epping Forest constituency and (ii) Essex.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 12 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 17 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 17 Dec 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of police officers in (i) Epping Forest constituency and (ii) Essex.
17 Dec 2024
Target answer date
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17 Dec 2024
Answer published
The retention of police officers is an important element of managing the police workforce. Voluntary resignation rates in England and Wales, at 3.4%, are low compared to other sectors.It is important that police forces use effective strategies to manage t...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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