§ Ms Janet AndersonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects his target of 5,000 additional police officers to be achieved. [25137]
§ Mr. MacleanThe Government are providing an additional £180 million in funding to allow an extra 5,000 police officers to be recruited over the three-year period 515W from April 1996 to March 1999. It is for chief officers of police and police authorities to determine the number of police officers in each force.