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Increasing police productivity

Status: Open Opened: 10 Jul 2025 18 recommendations 12 conclusions 1 report

Total police funding in 2025-26 is £19.6bn, with approx. 70% of this made up of central government funding and the rest raised through council tax. Government is aiming to put 13,000 additional police officers, police community support officers and special constables into neighbourhood policing roles, paid for by tackling waste through a programme of reform. …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
63rd Report - Increasing police productivity HC 1239 28 Jan 2026 30 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
28 Recommendation 63rd Report - Increasing police product… Accepted in Part

Future funding plan for 13,000 extra neighbourhood policing personnel beyond 2025-26 remains uncertain.

We asked how the government’s commitment to put 13,000 extra personnel into neighbourhood policing roles by 2029 will be funded. The government provided £200 million in 2025–26 to recruit 3,000 additional neighbourhood 69 Q 115 70 Q 130 71 Q 67 72 Q 7; C&AG’s Report, para 1.12 73 C&AG’s …

Government response. The government allocated £363 million of ringfenced funding to incentivise forces to grow neighbourhood policing teams, but prioritising neighbourhood policing may place some limitations on workforce flexibility which the Home Office will keep under review.
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Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
24 Nov 2025 Bethan Page-Jones · Home Office, Dame Antonia Romeo DCB · Ministry of Justice, James Bottomley · College of Policing, Richard Clarke · Home Office, Sir Andy Marsh QPM · College of Policing View ↗

Correspondence

4 letters
DateDirectionTitle
12 Mar 2026 To cttee Letter from the Acting Permanent Secretary at the Home Office relating to the C…
23 Feb 2026 To cttee Letter from the Chief Executive Officer of the College of Policing relating to …
8 Jan 2026 To cttee Letter from the Second Permanent Secretary at the Home Office relating to the C…
15 Dec 2025 To cttee Letter from the Chief Executive Officer at The College of Policing relating to …