Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Stephanie Peacock and Holly Lynch

Monday 16th October 2017 Commons Chamber

[Holly Lynch (Halifax) (Lab)]

4. What assessment she has made of the potential connection between crime levels and changes in the level of neighbourhood policing.

[Stephanie Peacock]

A quarter of my local police forces’ operational strength has been cut since 2010. When I visited police in Barnsley this weekend, they told me that they were genuinely worried about how they would continue to operate at the same level if further cuts were made. Does the Home Secretary disagree with officers such as those in Barnsley who say that additional cuts will have a severe impact on neighbourhood policing?