Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional police officers her Department plans to fund in West Mercia by the end of 2025.

As part of our Safer Streets Mission we will put neighbourhood police back on the beat, with 13,000 additional officers, PCSOs and special constables in neighbourhood policing roles across England and Wales.

Last week the Prime Minister announced that £100 million will be made available in 2025/26 to support the initial delivery of the 13,000 additional neighbourhood police, PCSOs and special constables in neighbourhood policing roles across England and Wales.

The Home Office is working closely with policing to implement this commitment and will announce further detail in due course.