Question follow-through · 114328
National Police Service
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that Mayors and the new Local Policing and Crime Boards retain the ability to hire and dismiss chief constables so that policing leaders remain directly account
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 20 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 24 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 2 Mar 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that Mayors and the new Local Policing and Crime Boards retain the ability to hire and dismiss chief constables so that policing leaders remain directly account
24 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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2 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Home Office is working with policing and local government stakeholders to design and implement future governance arrangements to replace Police and Crime Commissioners from May 2028. We remain committed to developing a system of police governance that...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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