Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of police officers that will be required in order to facilitate coverage by a single neighbourhood police officer for a single 24hr period.

The Government is committed to strong neighbourhood policing for everyone in England and Wales, no matter where they live. As the Prime Minister announced on 10 April, by July, every community will have named, and contactable officers dedicated to addressing the issues facing their communities as part of the government’s Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee.

The police will guarantee that neighbourhood queries will be responded to within 72 hours from July and the Government will be holding forces to account.

The police are contactable 24 hours a day via force websites or by phoning 101 for non-emergency enquiries and concerns and the public should call the police on 999 in an emergency.