Question follow-through · 91081

Police and Crime Commissioners

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on democratic accountability of abolishing Police and Crime Commissioners.

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
13 Nov 2025
Target answer date
19 Nov 2025
Answer
19 Nov 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 13 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on democratic accountability of abolishing Police and Crime Commissioners.

  2. 19 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 19 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The Government is committed to transferring police governance functions to mayors, or to Policing and Crime Boards consisting of locally elected leaders where it is not possible to do so by 2028.Moving police governance functions to locally elected leader...

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