Police Community Support Officers
(asked on 22nd February 2021) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial support her Department is providing to Police and Crime Commissioners to ensure the continued presence of police community support officers.
This question was answered on 2nd March 2021
On the 4th February 2021, the Government published a total police funding settlement of up to £15.8 billion in 2021/22, an increase of up to £636 million compared to 2020/21 which will ensure forces continue to make progress towards recruiting 20,000 additional police officers by March 2023.
Decisions on how to deploy resources are a matter for Chief Constables and locally elected Police & Crime Commissioners.