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<p>The Government delivered its commitment to deliver 20,000 additional police officers by March 2023. There are now over 149,000 officers in England and Wales, higher than the previous peak before the Police Uplift Programme, in March 2010.</p><p>The Government is determined to ensure that the police have the resources they need. Compared with 2019-20, there has been a total settlement increase of up to 30.7% in cash terms, which enabled the recruitment of 20,000 additional officers nationally.</p><p>Decisions about police recruitment, including how recruitment and selection processes are run, are a matter for Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners and are therefore managed locally by forces. This is done within a national application, assessment and selection framework, in line with national guidance maintained by the College of Policing.</p><p>It would be for individual forces to provide localised data regarding the costs of training and hiring police officers, police community support officers and special constables.</p> |