Extracts from Westminster Hall debate on Policing: Staffordshire - Sep 4
Thursday, 5 September 2019 07:38
Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley) (Lab):...What is more, we
understand from leaked letters that the National Crime
Agency is reportedly set to receive approximately 6,000 of the
20,000 officers pledged. That is much needed, but it cannot be at
the expense of local forces that need to bolster their response.
Will the Minister confirm that the allocation of officers to local
forces is actually about 14,000—far below the number lost since
2010? The lofty promises made on the steps of...Request free trial
(Sheffield, Heeley)
(Lab):...What is more, we understand from leaked letters that
the National Crime Agency is reportedly set to
receive approximately 6,000 of the 20,000 officers pledged. That is
much needed, but it cannot be at the expense of local forces that
need to bolster their response. Will the Minister confirm that the
allocation of officers to local forces is actually about 14,000—far
below the number lost since 2010? The lofty promises made on the
steps of Downing Street come apart when exposed to scrutiny.
Perhaps that will be the mark of the Prime Minister’s
premiership...
The Minister for Crime, Policing and the Fire Service
():...As I say, that is also yet
to be decided. Thus far, for the first year—that is where we have
got to in the spending round—we have agreed that the first 6,000
will be all territorial. I think the profile is then for 8,000 and
a further 6,000, and we will be in discussion with the policing
family about the allocation for that across the board. Part of the
announcement today is a serious and organised crime review, and its
conclusions will obviously inform the work we do in the future, not
least because I am keen that the NCA and serious and organised
crime work dovetails as much as possible with the work we will do
with neighbourhood forces on county lines and other cross-border
issues, where the NCA can bring its expertise to bear...
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