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Police uplift programme

Status: Closed Opened: 15 Mar 2022 Closed: 14 Oct 2022 20 recommendations 13 conclusions 1 report

The Government has identified improving public safety and security as a key priority, and in September 2019 the Home Office announced plans to support this aim by recruiting an additional 20,000 police officers in England and Wales by the end of March 2023. The Home Office has committed £1.2 billion of additional funding to support …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Fifteenth Report - The Police Uplift Programme HC 261 22 Jul 2022 33 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
20 Conclusion Fifteenth Report - The Police Uplift Pr… Deferred

The NAO report highlighted a number of changes to police recruitment that the Programme has...

The NAO report highlighted a number of changes to police recruitment that the Programme has facilitated. These include a more standardised approach to recruitment 25 Committee of Public Accounts, The National Law Enforcement Data Programme, Twenty-Ninth Report of Session 2021–22, 8 December 2021 26 C&AG’s report, paras 7, 15 27 …

Government response. The Home Secretary has asked the National Police Chiefs’ Council to lead a review of operational productivity in policing, reporting within 12 months with interim findings in spring 2023.
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Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
25 Apr 2022 Deputy Chief Constable Janette McCormick · National Police Chiefs' Council, Matthew Rycroft CBE · Home Office, Rachel Watson · Home Office View ↗

Correspondence

1 letter
DateDirectionTitle
16 May 2022 — Correspondence from Matthew Rycroft, Permanent Secretary, Home Office, re Natio…