Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when Chief Constables will be informed of changes to staffing levels as part of the plans to implement her neighbourhood policing plan.

Home Office officials have reviewed all force delivery plans, and all forces have been contacted with confirmation of the outcome.

Police forces have been able to decide how best to spend their allocation of the Neighbourhood Policing Increase to recruit a workforce mix tailored to suit local context and operational needs. All forces’ plans are therefore informed by a force-level understanding of what can be achieved.

This approach enables forces to design their neighbourhood policing teams for and with local communities, providing flexibility to forces to manage operational pressures and maintain service levels.