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registered interest false more like this
date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2020-02-11
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential (a) merits of increasing the number of special constables and (b) effect of such an increase on levels of crime. more like this
tabling member constituency Harlow more like this
tabling member printed
Robert Halfon more like this
uin 586 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-02-19more like thismore than 2020-02-19
answer text <p>Special constables bring diverse and valuable skills to police forces that strengthen policing and help forces to develop important links with communities. Recruitment and eligibility criteria of special constables are set locally at the discretion of Chief Officers.</p><p>The Home Office Employer Supported Policing (ESP) scheme is a partnership between employers and the police service aimed at encouraging employers to enable their staff to volunteer as special constables in the communities they serve. The Home Office will continue to work closely with the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s Citizens in Policing Programme and the College of Policing to support the development of a national approach to the attraction and training of special constables.</p> more like this
answering member constituency North West Hampshire more like this
answering member printed Kit Malthouse more like this
grouped question UIN
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less than 2020-02-19T17:28:48.6Zmore like thismore than 2020-02-19T17:28:48.6Z
answering member
4495
label Biography information for Kit Malthouse remove filter
tabling member
3985
label Biography information for Robert Halfon remove filter