Question follow-through · 61704

Police and Prison Officers: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he plans to provide support to former Northern Ireland (a) prison officers and (b) police to maintain security at their homes.

answeredNorthern Ireland Office

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Answering body
Northern Ireland Office
Tabled
20 Jun 2025
Target answer date
24 Jun 2025
Answer
30 Jun 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he plans to provide support to former Northern Ireland (a) prison officers and (b) police to maintain security at their homes.

  2. 24 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 30 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The Northern Ireland Office Home Protection Scheme is in place to provide protective security measures to those in certain occupations who are assessed to be under significant threat from Northern Ireland-related terrorism. Serving and former prison and p...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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