Question follow-through · 45315
Religious Buildings: Security
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to protect places of worship from police raids.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 8 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 28 Apr 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to protect places of worship from police raids.
22 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2025
Answer published
The enforcement of the law is an operational matter for the police. It is for them to decide whether a particular action warrants police involvement, based on their operational expertise and the circumstances of the case.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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