Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the number of police officers.

The Government is committed to ensuring that the police have the resources they need.

This year we are providing a total of up to £376.8 million specifically to support forces to achieve officer headcounts as set out in the 2025/26 police funding settlement.

We are also providing £200 million to kickstart the delivery of 13,000 more neighbourhood policing personnel.