Question follow-through · 10844
Police Community Support Officers and Special Constables
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has issued guidance to (a) police forces and (b) Police and Crime Commissioners on the powers granted to (i) Police Community Support Officers and (ii) special constables.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 23 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 28 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 1 Nov 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has issued guidance to (a) police forces and (b) Police and Crime Commissioners on the powers granted to (i) Police Community Support Officers and (ii) special constables.
28 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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1 Nov 2024
Answer published
Under Section 38 of the Police Reform Act 2002 as amended by the Policing and Crime Act 2017, chief officers can designate certain powers to any person who is employed by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner and is under the direction and contr...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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