Ms Paula Hilman:

I thank the Deputy for his question. The Deputy spoke about the last five years, during which we have seen changes in the number of roads policing members. That is not consistent across the four regions, however. It will be helpful, therefore, if I outline what we see in the four regions. Overall, the number has declined since 2019. Roads policing members are leaving on promotion and for natural transfer reasons. There are various reasons people move, not just in the case of roads policing but in all aspects of policing. In two of the regions, we have seen increased numbers in the area of roads policing. The north-west and eastern regions have more numbers in their roads policing teams than they had in 2019.