Asked by: John Whittingdale (Conservative - Maldon)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will repeal the Section 37 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 prohibiting police officers serving while off duty as on-call firefighters.
Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Home Office)
We have no current plans to repeal Section 37 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004.
Asked by: John Whittingdale (Conservative - Maldon)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to donate confiscated (a) vessels and (b) motors held at the Border Force storage facility in Dover to the Ukrainian armed forces.
Answered by Michael Tomlinson
I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to the answer given to PQ HL3009 on 18 March 2024
Asked by: John Whittingdale (Conservative - Maldon)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps he has taken to help recruit and retain police officers.
Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary
We delivered our commitment to recruit 20,000 additional police officers. There are now over 149,000 officers in England and Wales, higher than the previous peak in 2010. Forces have been fully funded to maintain this uplift.
Retention is a key priority. Voluntary resignation rates, at around 3%, are low compared to other sectors and 72% of new recruits say they intend to stay until retirement.