Question follow-through · 44697

Neighbourhood Policing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when Chief Constables will be informed of changes to staffing levels as part of the plans to implement her neighbourhood policing plan.

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Home Office
Tabled
7 Apr 2025
Target answer date
22 Apr 2025
Answer
28 Apr 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 7 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when Chief Constables will be informed of changes to staffing levels as part of the plans to implement her neighbourhood policing plan.

  2. 22 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 28 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    Home Office officials have reviewed all force delivery plans, and all forces have been contacted with confirmation of the outcome.Police forces have been able to decide how best to spend their allocation of the Neighbourhood Policing Increase to recruit a...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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