Police: Labour Turnover

(asked on 19th October 2020) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve police force retention rates.


Answered by
Kit Malthouse Portrait
Kit Malthouse
This question was answered on 27th October 2020

Relatively few police officers choose to leave their job before retirement, compared to other public and private sector workforces. Voluntary resignations remain low at 2% of the workforce.

The retention of experienced police officers is a priority for the Home Office. We are working alongside the National Police Chiefs’ Council to maximise opportunities to retain police officers who have valuable skills and policing experience.

This Government takes the issue of policing wellbeing very seriously and has invested in programmes which offer help directly to officers and staffincluding the National Police Wellbeing Service.. We have also accelerated work to introduce a Police Covenant, which will be enshrined in law to ensure our police get the support they need. The Covenant will focus on health and wellbeing, physical protection and support for families.

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