Question follow-through · 20043

Police

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of police officers in 2027.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 13 Dec 2024
Target answer date: 17 Dec 2024
Answer: 24 Dec 2024 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

13 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of police officers in 2027.
17 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Dec 2024
Answer published
Police forces in England and Wales are expected to maintain officer numbers, as per the officer maintenance grant. The Government is currently working with police forces on setting an accurate baseline for neighbourhood policing numbers.

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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