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HANSARDPolice Grant ReportI will give way one last time and then I must make some progress.08 Feb 2023HANSARDPolice Grant ReportI agree entirely; it is about police and crime commissioners using their resources wisely, as the Conservative PCC in Lancashire is doing. Sadly, that is unlike the Labour PCC in…08 Feb 2023HANSARDPolice Grant ReportSince March 2015, Lancashire has received an additional 435 police officers. I met the hon. Lady’s police and crime commissioner earlier this week, and he explained to me how he…08 Feb 2023HANSARDPolice Grant ReportYes, I would be happy to do that. I know that some extra money was given to Merseyside—in the late summer, I believe—in response to some of the terrible tragedies that have…08 Feb 2023HANSARDPolice Grant ReportI strongly encourage the hon. Lady to engage with the consultation once it comes forward and outline the points she is making. Of course, I will also be happy to meet her and her…08 Feb 2023HANSARDPolice Grant ReportI agree with my right hon. Friend’s sentiments. Considerations such as sparsity and rurality, along with things such as prevailing levels of crime, are exactly the kinds of things…08 Feb 2023HANSARDPolice Grant ReportMy right hon. Friend, a former Policing Minister, makes the point extremely well. Labour PCCs have often made bad decisions and, unfortunately, that is continuing. As we speak,…08 Feb 2023HANSARDPolice Grant ReportIn the past, different police and crime commissioners have done different things. As far as the national picture is concerned, by the end of March we will comfortably have more…08 Feb 2023HANSARDPolice Grant ReportAs I have said, we are preparing to consult in the near future on updating the wider police funding formula. Of course, police and crime commissioners have a choice on where to…08 Feb 2023HANSARDPolice Grant ReportI beg to move, That the Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2023–24 (HC 1066), which was laid before this House on 31 January, be approved. I note that, regrettably, the House…08 Feb 2023HANSARDPolice Grant ReportThe hon. Gentleman suggests that the newly recruited officers are replacing those lost when the coalition Government were fixing the appalling financial mess left behind by the…08 Feb 2023HANSARD Probationary Police Officers: Cost of LivingThe hon. Gentleman makes a reasonable point. Salaries are not exactly the same but they are pretty much the same in Northern Ireland as they are in England and Wales, and the…06 Feb 2023HANSARD Probationary Police Officers: Cost of LivingLet me start by thanking the hon. Member for North Antrim (Ian Paisley) for securing this evening’s debate and for setting out the issues with such care, thoughtfulness and…06 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes, we agree entirely. That is why my hon. Friend’s county and his town have had safer streets funding, and why they are getting extra police officers. The Government completely…06 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes, I entirely agree. I thank my hon. Friend for drawing this issue to my attention a few weeks ago. We are looking to consult in the very near future to make sure that the law…06 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady is raising an important and reasonable point. I have carefully read her moving letter on this issue. We are getting advice from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of…06 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend raises an extremely important point. It is something we work on regularly via the police covenant oversight board, which I chair. One of the steps we have already…06 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes, there is an intention to consult on the police funding formula in the near future. That is very important, but I ask the hon. Lady to join me in welcoming the fact that…06 Feb 2023HANSARDNeighbourhood PolicingI am happy to confirm that the county of Kent already has a record ever number of police officers. I pay tribute to its fantastic police and crime commissioner, Matthew Scott, who…06 Feb 2023HANSARDNeighbourhood PolicingAs I explained a moment ago, we are on track very shortly to have more police officers than at any time in this country’s history, but let me tell you what has dropped since 2010,…06 Feb 2023