63rd Report - Increasing police productivity

Select Committee
Public Accounts Committee HC 1239 28 January 2026
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 30 items (18 recs)
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Government Response (AI assessment · 30 of 30 classified)
Accepted 14
Accepted in Part 1
Acknowledged 11
Deferred 3
Not Addressed 1
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Recommendations

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28 Accepted in Part
Future funding plan for 13,000 extra neighbourhood policing personnel beyond 2025-26 remains uncertain.
Recommendation
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 … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government allocated £363 million of ringfenced funding to incentivise forces to grow neighbourhood policing teams, but prioritising neighbourhood policing may place some limitations on workforce flexibility which the Home Office will keep under review.
HM Treasury
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