Keir Starmer on neighbourhood police officers, PMQs 22 April 2026
The statement
In England and Wales, Labour has put 3,000 more neighbourhood police officers on our streets, delivering a named police officer for every neighbourhood.
Keir Starmer, 22 April 2026. Source
What the sources report
- Home Office, Police workforce, England and Wales, 31 March 2026 release reports neighbourhood police officers and PCSOs, full-time equivalent, England and Wales (31 March 2026): 20989officers and PCSOs (FTE)src
- Home Office, Police workforce, England and Wales, 31 March 2026 release reports increase in neighbourhood officers and PCSOs on the programme baseline (to 31 March 2026): 3814officers and PCSOs (FTE)src
- Home Office, Police workforce, England and Wales, 31 March 2026 release reports programme baseline for neighbourhood officers and PCSOs: 17175officers and PCSOs (FTE)src
Notes
The Home Office reports 20,989 full-time equivalent neighbourhood police officers and PCSOs at 31 March 2026, 3,814 (22.2%) more than its baseline of 17,175.
Each figure's own page, with every change: Increase in neighbourhood officers and PCSOs on the programme baseline (to 31 March 2026), Neighbourhood police officers and PCSOs, full-time equivalent, England and Wales (31 March 2026), Programme baseline for neighbourhood officers and PCSOs.
Receipts
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- Parliament recordStatement source: Keir Starmer
- Government publicationHome Office, Police workforce, England and Wales, 31 March 2026 release: Neighbourhood police officers and PCSOs, full-time equivalent, England and Wales (31 March 2026)
- Government publicationHome Office, Police workforce, England and Wales, 31 March 2026 release: Increase in neighbourhood officers and PCSOs on the programme baseline (to 31 March 2026)
- Government publicationHome Office, Police workforce, England and Wales, 31 March 2026 release: Programme baseline for neighbourhood officers and PCSOs
- Government publicationHome Office: Police workforce, England and Wales: 31 March 2026