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Written question asked by Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party) on Wednesday, 18 December 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 7 January 2025 (named day). It was answered by Diana Johnson (Labour) on Tuesday, 7 January 2025 on behalf of the Home Office.


Police: Civil Disorder

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will have discussions with the devolved administrations on potential changes to the (a) criteria for and (b) duration of short term deployment of police officers to deal with unexpected civil disorder.

Answer

Operational matters – including requests for and provision of Mutual Aid in response to public disorder – are primarily a matter for police forces who are operationally independent of government.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
20930
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Devolution Deployment Police Civil disorder
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk