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Hampshire Constabulary: Police Numbers

Monday 10 February 2020 · 2 questions

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Key points

  • Bob Seely asked about the number of additional police officers joining Hampshire constabulary during the 2019 Parliament.
  • The Government pledged to add 20,000 officers to UK streets and allocated up to 366.5 million to Hampshire constabulary for the next year.
  • Bob Seely welcomed the funding increase and inquired if it would enable police to address lower level crime concerns in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

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Questions & Answers

Q1 Bob Seely Con Suffolk Coastal
Policing & Resources
Context

Discussion about the number of additional police officers joining Hampshire constabulary during the 2019 Parliament.

Question

What estimate does she have made of the number of additional police officers joining Hampshire constabulary during the 2019 Parliament?

Answer from Kit Malthouse, Minister

The Government's pledge to put an additional 20,000 officers on our streets sends a clear message that we are committed to giving police the resources they need to tackle the scourge of crime. Hampshire will receive up to £366.5 million of funding next year, an increase of up to £26.1 million on the previous year. In this year alone, the county will benefit from 156 more police officers.

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Q2 Bob Seely Con Suffolk Coastal
Policing & Resources
Context

Discussion on how increased funding will be used by the police to address lower-level crimes.

Question

I welcome the increase to Hampshire—and Isle of Wight—constabulary. Does the Minister agree that the increase will enable police in both Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, as well as in other areas of the UK, to follow up lower level crime? It causes great concern to all our constituents, but in recent years the police have been under pressure not to investigate it, due to police numbers.

Answer from Kit Malthouse, Minister

It is obviously an operational matter for chief constables to address where and how they allocate their resources, but I would certainly hope that an increase in the number of police officers will allow them to spend more time on the sort of crimes that assail both my hon. Friend's community and mine in the county. They perhaps do not attract the attention of the headlines, but nevertheless cause consternation in the communities we represent.

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