Question follow-through · 125068

Police: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Department intends to review transparency requirements for nationally operating police-associated units funded by private industry bodies.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 10 Apr 2026
Target answer date: 14 Apr 2026
Answer: 28 Apr 2026 · 18 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

10 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Department intends to review transparency requirements for nationally operating police-associated units funded by private industry bodies.
14 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2026
Answer published
Transparency requirements, including in relation to funding, for national policing units is the responsibility of the National Police Chiefs’ Council, or relevant agency which has responsibility for oversight and governance of that unit.

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