Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the announcement of 11 June 2018 on the launch of the national detective training programme, what the planned cost to the public purse is of the (a) recruitment of and (b) 12 weeks' training for 1,000 detectives on the Police Now programme.

This Government has granted Police Now seed funding to develop a detective recruitment and training programme. The costs of recruitment and training are being considered as part of the development and design of the programme. Planned starting salaries for detectives on this scheme will follow the national pay scale. The basic starting salary is between £19,971 and £23,124, depending on skills and experience.