Question follow-through · 85436

Police Stations: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police front counters were closed between 2010 and 2024.

answeredHome Office

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Home Office
Tabled
27 Oct 2025
Target answer date
29 Oct 2025
Answer
5 Nov 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 27 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police front counters were closed between 2010 and 2024.

  2. 29 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 5 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The Home Office does not collect data on the number of police front counters in use across all police forces, nor on closures.Decisions regarding the management of the police estate, including public access counters at police stations, is a matter for Chi...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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