Question follow-through · 23952

Mayors: Police, Fire and Crime Commissioners

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to take steps to give Police and Fire Commissioner roles to combined authority mayors.

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 14 Jan 2025
Target answer date: 20 Jan 2025
Answer: 20 Jan 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

14 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to take steps to give Police and Fire Commissioner roles to combined authority mayors.
20 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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20 Jan 2025
Answer published
Since their introduction, Police (Fire) and Crime Commissioners (P(F)CCs) have brought greater local accountability to policing and we recognise the important role they play as the elected voice of their local communities.The English Devolution White Pape...

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