Question follow-through · 130022
Police: Overtime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data the Home Office holds on the number of occasions police officers have been required to work on their rest days.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 27 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 29 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 29 Apr 2026 · 2 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data the Home Office holds on the number of occasions police officers have been required to work on their rest days.
29 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Home Office does not collect data centrally on how often police officers are required to work on their rest days.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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