Question follow-through · 69088

Metropolitan Police: Motor Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with the Metropolitan Police on the (a) purchase and (b) deployment of Plesan Sandcat armoured vehicles.

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Home Office
Tabled
18 Jul 2025
Target answer date
1 Sept 2025
Answer
1 Sept 2025 · 45 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 18 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with the Metropolitan Police on the (a) purchase and (b) deployment of Plesan Sandcat armoured vehicles.

  2. 1 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 1 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    Decisions around the procurement of equipment, including armoured vehicles, are a matter for operationally independent Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners, or Mayoral equivalents, who are best placed to consider the needs of their police f...

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