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Debate between Chris Philp and Sarah Edwards
Monday 26th February 2024

(9 months, 2 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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Sarah Edwards Portrait Sarah Edwards (Tamworth) (Lab)
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14. What recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of neighbourhood policing levels.

Chris Philp Portrait Chris Philp
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Figures for local policing started to be published in 2015, with 61,083 roles at the time. The most recent figures for March last year show that the number had increased by 6,000 to 67,785.

Sarah Edwards Portrait Sarah Edwards
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With a growing number of my constituents not even reporting crimes because they do not have access to a public police station, will the Minister reconsider additional funds to ensure that local police stations, such as Tamworth’s, are reopening public-facing police desks?

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