Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Dave Doogan and Kit Malthouse

Tuesday 24th May 2022 Commons Chamber

[Dave Doogan (Angus) (SNP)]

The Secretary of State will be aware that police officer numbers play a key role in reducing crime and reoffending, so what plans does he have to increase England’s officer level of 23 officers per 10,000 people to bring it closer to Scotland’s of 32 per 10,000 people?

[The Minister for Crime and Policing (Kit Malthouse)]

Mr Speaker, as you know, the Government are in the middle of a huge recruitment drive of police officers. We have, happily, increased the number by 13,500, and I am confident that by the end of the financial year we will have hit our 20,000 target.