Question follow-through · 71862
Emergency Services: Medals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with relevant stakeholders on the introduction of medals for emergency service personnel injured in the line of duty.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 29 Aug 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with relevant stakeholders on the introduction of medals for emergency service personnel injured in the line of duty.
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2025
Answer published
Any official award is a gift from the Government, on behalf of His Majesty The King to recognise individuals within policing and emergency services personnel. The creation of a new award requires cross Government consensus and approval from the Committee ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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