Neighbourhood Policing 2024-01-15
2024-01-15
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Q1
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The MP is concerned about the adequacy of neighbourhood policing levels due to government cuts and their impact on police forces across England and Wales.
What recent assessment has his Department made of the adequacy of neighbourhood policing levels? The legacy of Government cuts has left police forces across England and Wales with a £3.2 billion cash shortfall, and 6,000 officers have been taken away from frontline policing duties in order to fill former police staff roles.
Decisions on how a police force balances its important back-office roles and frontline policing roles are rightly decisions for chief constables. We have given additional resource and delivered on our commitment to recruit 20,947 additional police officers in England and Wales. Of course we are looking at police funding formulas to ensure that they remain well resourced.
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Assessment & feedback
The MP asked for acknowledgment of Tory cuts' impact and rectification measures specifically for frontline policing, but the answerer discussed resource deployment decisions generally without addressing these specific points directly.
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Q2
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The MP is concerned about the impact of Tory cuts on police forces, with a £3.2 billion cash shortfall and 6,000 officers being taken away from frontline duties to fill former staff roles.
To this day we are feeling the devastating impact of the Tories' decision to cut 20,000 police officers. Can he acknowledge the effect of Tory cuts? How will he rectify that and get more frontline police back into our neighbourhoods across the United Kingdom?
Decisions on how a police force balances its important back-office roles and frontline policing roles are rightly decisions for chief constables. We have given additional resource, and we have delivered on our commitment to recruit 20,947 additional police officers in England and Wales.
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The MP asked about the effect of Tory cuts and rectification measures specifically for frontline policing, but the answerer discussed resource deployment decisions generally without addressing these specific points directly.
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Q3
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The MP is concerned about the impact of Tory cuts on police forces, with a £3.2 billion cash shortfall and 6,000 officers being taken away from frontline duties to fill former staff roles.
To this day we are feeling the devastating impact of the Tories' decision to cut 20,000 police officers. Why will the Government not match our commitment to get 13,000 more police officers and police community support officers out on the beat?
Unless Labour has a plan for paying for those figures, it is just empty rhetoric. There are record numbers of officers in police forces across the country, including Essex Police, which I visited this morning—it has never had more police officers than it has currently.
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Assessment & feedback
The MP asked about committing to 13,000 additional police and PCSOs, but the answerer questioned Labour's ability to fund these figures without addressing the specific commitment requested.
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