Mr. Drew Harris:

That is a realistic number, given population growth and our national responsibilities. Those are international responsibilities as well, in terms of working with other partners. All of that is developed. There is also exponential growth in domestic abuse, which was covered in some detail yesterday. We can see that worryingly continues to be a growing area. There are also other serious crimes in the area of sexual assault and other areas like the growth of fraud as part of cybercrime. There are lots of areas that were not significant problems 15 years ago, but they are now here. At the same time, we want to maintain a strong presence on the streets. People find it reassuring to have community policing plus a presence in our town centres. We have a lot of areas to cover. Everybody is working hard at the moment, but certainly, given our responsibilities and how they will grow over the coming years, 18,000 is a reasonable figure.