Question follow-through · 19370

Police

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has written to Chief Constables setting out her priorities for policing.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
11 Dec 2024
Target answer date
16 Dec 2024
Answer
23 Dec 2024 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has written to Chief Constables setting out her priorities for policing.

  2. 16 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 23 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    The Home Secretary spoke with all Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners within her first days of office, on 7th July. In that same week on 11th July, the Home Secretary attended meetings of both the NPCC and APCC to set out this Government’s...

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