Question follow-through · 77208
Police: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending capitalisation flexibilities to police forces.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 15 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 13 Oct 2025 · 28 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending capitalisation flexibilities to police forces.
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Oct 2025
Answer published
Police and Crime Commissioners already fall under the definition of local authorities in the relevant parts of the Local Government Act 2003, under which the Secretary of State may grant capitalisation flexibilities to local authorities.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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