Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have been recruited in (a) West Yorkshire and (b) England since the 2019 General Election.

We are increasing the number of police officers by 20,000 over the next three years.

On 29 October, we were pleased to announce that 5,824 additional officers have been recruited across England and Wales as part of the Police Uplift Programme since it started in October 2019, and a further 589 additional officers have been recruited through other means. Latest figures show that the total number of police officers recruited between November 2019 to September 2020 in England alone is 12,197.

West Yorkshire Police has recruited 308 additional officers as part of the Police Uplift Programme and I am extremely grateful to those brave men and women who have signed up to join the police and keep our communities safe.

The latest “Police officer uplift” statistics published on 29 October can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-officer-uplift-quarterly-update-to-september-2020