Question follow-through · 52935
Criminal Investigation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to prevent the misuse of police time and resources through (a) unfounded and (b) politically motivated allegations.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 16 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 May 2025
- Answer
- 23 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
16 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to prevent the misuse of police time and resources through (a) unfounded and (b) politically motivated allegations.
20 May 2025
Target answer date
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23 May 2025
Answer published
The Home Office is unable to comment on or intervene in individual police investigations, so as not to undermine Policing’s operational independence. Where a police force investigates an individual, we expect the force to determine how best to support tho...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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