Question follow-through · 35716

Police: Misconduct

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to review regulations allowing police forces to remove officers suspected of gross misconduct.

answeredHome Office

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Home Office
Tabled
5 Mar 2025
Target answer date
7 Mar 2025
Answer
13 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 5 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to review regulations allowing police forces to remove officers suspected of gross misconduct.

  2. 7 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    In October last year, the Home Secretary announced a package of reforms to strengthen police misconduct.That included a presumption of dismissal for proven gross misconduct, specified criminal offences automatically amounting to gross misconduct, and a pr...

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