Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the maximum (a) population size and (b) geographical area is that each neighbourhood police officer acting as the named point of contact will be required to cover.

The Government is committed to strong neighbourhood policing for everyone in England and Wales, no matter where they live. As the Prime Minister announced on 10 April, by July, every community will have named and contactable officers dedicated to addressing the issues facing their communities as part of the government’s Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee.

We are working with forces to guarantee neighbourhood areas are of a size that are recognisable to local communities, such as council wards.