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<p><del class="ministerial">We are committed to increasing the number of police officers
by 20,000 over the next three years, and West Yorkshire Police has already recruited
308 additional officers as part of the Police Uplift Programme. I am extremely grateful
to those brave men and women who have signed up to join the police and keep our communities
safe.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In March 2010, West Yorkshire Police had
5,856 police officers (headcount). The most recent figures (up to September 2020)
shows the force had 5,494 officers.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The latest
“Police officer uplift” statistics published on 29 October can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-officer-uplift-quarterly-update-to-september-2020</del></p><p><ins
class="ministerial"> We are committed to increasing the number of police officers
by 20,000 over the next three years, and West Yorkshire Police has already recruited
308 additional officers as part of the Police Uplift Programme. I am extremely grateful
to those brave men and women who have signed up to join the police and keep our communities
safe.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In March 2010, West Yorkshire Police had
5,856 police officers (headcount). The most recent figures (up to September 2020)
shows the force had 5,494 officers.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> The latest
“Police officer uplift” statistics published on 29 October can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-officer-uplift-quarterly-update-to-september-2020"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-officer-uplift-quarterly-update-to-september-2020</a></ins></p><p>
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