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<p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on joiners in the annual police workforce
statistics, which can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales</a></p><p>In
2018/19, 9,427 police officers joined the 43 police forces in England and Wales, accounting
for 8% of officers. Excluding those who transferred from other forces, joiners accounted
for 6% of all officers. This was a 16% increase on the previous year and the highest
number of joiners in a financial year since 2008/09.</p><p>The Government is also
delivering on the people’s priorities by recruiting 20,000 additional police officers
over the next three years. In October 2019 the Home Office confirmed officer allocations
for every force in England and Wales in the first year of the uplift.</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/news/home-office-announces-first-wave-of-20000-police-officer-uplift</p><p>The
Home Office has announced plans to publish quarterly updates outlining the progress
on delivering the police uplift programme. They will start from April 2020, lasting
throughout the duration of the campaign.</p><p> </p>
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