Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Sarah Jones and Jacob Collier

Monday 17th November 2025 Commons Chamber

[Jacob Collier (Burton and Uttoxeter) (Lab)]

T5. In Staffordshire, there are proposals to limit the hours of police community support officers in the evening. I welcome the named police officers returning to my constituency, but will the Minister ensure that the neighbourhood policing guarantee will mean more PCSOs on our streets, not fewer?

[The Minister for Policing and Crime (Sarah Jones)]

My hon. Friend is right to raise that. We will ensure that there are more neighbourhood officers on our streets, with 3,000 more by next April, but PCSOs have a really vital role to play. I am a big fan of them, and I encourage all forces to have more of them.