We asked how the government’s commitment to put 13,000 extra personnel into neighbourhood policing roles by 2029 will be funded. The government provided £200 million in 2025–26 to recruit 3,000 additional neighbourhood 69 Q 115 70 Q 130 71 Q 67 72 Q 7; C&AG’s Report, para 1.12 73 C&AG’s Report, para 1.9 74 Q 78; C&AG’s Report, para 2.15 and 3.20 75 Qq 79, 118 76 Q 112 77 Qq 22, 114; C&AG’s Report, para 2.14 16 policing personnel (police officers and police community support officers) and the Home Office told us it is confident that forces will achieve this.78 However, forces do not yet know what funding will be provided from 2026–27 onwards and, in November 2025, the Home Office was still working to develop an affordable plan to deliver the government’s commitment. The Home Office said it was managing the neighbourhood policing grant on an annual basis and will announce arrangements for future years before the end of 2025, as part of the provisional police funding settlement.79