The text of the motion, in the name of the Leader of the
Opposition, is:
That this House asserts that the loss of 21,000 police
officers, 18,000 police staff and 6,800 police community
support officers since 2010 in addition to the reduction in
the number of armed officers has damaged community safety and
public security; is concerned that central government funding
to local police forces will fall in real terms for the eighth
consecutive year in 2018-19 and in addition that there will
be a £54m shortfall in funding for counter-terror policing;
notes with alarm the assessment of the National Police Chiefs
Council that this will mean tough choices for policing in the
year ahead; supports the conclusion of the UK Statistics
Authority that the Prime Minister could have led the public
to conclude incorrectly that the Government were providing an
additional £450m for police spending in 2018-19; and calls on
the Government to take steps to increase officer numbers by
10,000 and to fulfil the full counter-terrorism policing
requirements laid out by police chiefs for the year ahead and
to report to the House by Oral Statement and written report
before 19 April 2018 on what steps it is taking to comply
with this resolution.
Library briefing on Police funding
Police funding,
Commons Library briefing paper CBP-7279, 26 February
2016
Further briefings from the Library on police workforce
numbers
Police Service
Strength, Commons Library briefing paper CBP-0664, 27 March
2018
