Written questions

Neighbourhood Policing: West Midlands

Commons · Question 49737 · Tabled 1 May 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 12 May 2025

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the West Midlands Police’s per capita increase in neighbourhood officers for 2025/26 ranks (a) above or (b) below the national average.

Answer

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 12 May 2025

The Government has provided £200 million for 2025/26 to kickstart the recruitment of 13,000 additional neighbourhood police officers and PCSOs by the end of the Parliament. Force-level allocations have been determined using the Police Funding Formula.The ...