Question follow-through · 91764

Policing and Crime Boards: Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to deliver clearer, cheaper and more accountable local police oversight in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and (b) Staffordshire.

answeredHome Office

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Home Office
Tabled
17 Nov 2025
Target answer date
19 Nov 2025
Answer
26 Nov 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 17 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to deliver clearer, cheaper and more accountable local police oversight in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and (b) Staffordshire.

  2. 19 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 26 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The Government announced on 13 November that it plans to abolish Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) at the end of their current term of office in May 2028, subject to legislation.PCC functions will transfer to Mayors of Combined Authorities, where poss...

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