Question follow-through · 20930
Police: Civil Disorder
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 d
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 18 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 7 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 7 Jan 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Dec 2024
Question tabled
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 d
7 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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7 Jan 2025
Answer published
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.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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