Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Damian Green and Julie Elliott

Monday 15th July 2013 Commons Chamber

[Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central) (Lab)]

5. What recent assessment she has made of the effects of budget reductions on front-line policing.

[The Minister for Policing and Criminal Justice (Damian Green)]

Forces are rising to the challenge of making savings while maintaining and improving service to the public. Our police reforms are working. Recorded crime is down by more than 10% under this Government, and the most recent recorded crime statistics show that every police force in England and Wales saw a fall in crime in the 12 months to December 2012.

[Julie Elliott]

The 4.9% cut announced in the spending review is the equivalent of losing some 10,000 new police constables, on top of the 15,000 already lost, including 712 in my region. What additional resources will be made available to support delivery of front-line policing services in the north-east in future?

[Damian Green]

I am happy to congratulate Northumbria police. It has lost officers, as police forces across the country have, but in the 12 months to December 2012, crime in the hon. Lady’s area fell by 12%. That shows how the effective use of police resources is the way to cut crime, provide a better service to the public and make our streets safer.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Damian Green and Julie Elliott

Monday 24th January 2011 Commons Chamber

[Damian Green]

There are indeed differences in Scotland, and one is that unemployment in Scotland is higher than in England, and higher than the average for the rest of the UK. I dare say that those who are complaining about this matter do not include workers in Scotland, and do not include the unemployed in Scotland.

[Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central) (Lab)]

4. What funding her Department plans to provide for youth services during the comprehensive spending review period.