Police: Crime Rates

Lord Corbett of Castle Vale Excerpts

Wednesday 19th January 2011 Lords Chamber

[Lord Wallace of Saltaire]

My Lords, in answering this Question, I am responsible for police services in England and Wales only. Policing in Northern Ireland is a devolved matter.

[Lord Corbett of Castle Vale]

Would the Minister care to consider, if fewer police are to be seen around our homes and streets, what effect that will have on people’s feeling of security and safety in and around where they live and work? Is he saying that there will be no impact at all on that?

[Lord Wallace of Saltaire]

My Lords, the evidence is that police concentration on hot spots for crime has a great deal more impact than police numbers overall.