Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Huw Merriman Excerpts
Monday 16th April 2018

(6 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Amber Rudd Portrait Amber Rudd
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I thank the hon. Lady for raising that issue. The answer to her question is yes, I will, and I ask her to send me the information, which I will take a look at personally.

Huw Merriman Portrait Huw Merriman (Bexhill and Battle) (Con)
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Will the Home Secretary welcome the additional 200 police officers who are being recruited and deployed by Sussex police in her Hastings and Rye constituency and mine of Bexhill and Battle?

Amber Rudd Portrait Amber Rudd
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Yes, this is good news. The police and crime commissioner for Sussex, the excellent Katy Bourne, has told us that she will be recruiting 200 officers this year and 200 the following year. Kent has said the same, and I understand there will be another 1,000 officers in London.