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Police Stations: Closures

Question for Home Office

UIN HL281, tabled on 22 October 2019

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many police stations have closed in each county in England and Wales since 2010.

Answered on

5 November 2019

The Home Office does not hold information centrally on the amount of police station closures across England and Wales.

Decisions on the use of resources, including police stations, are a matter for Police and Crime Commissioners and Chief Constables as they best understand the needs of the communities they serve.

The Government has taken the unprecedented step to recruit 20,000 new officers over the next three years. This is in addition to the £1 billion increase in police funding this year as a result of the 2019/20 Police Funding settlement, including money raised through council tax and the serious violence funding.

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