Question follow-through · 3755

Police: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of amending the 1996 Police Act to allow staff associations other than the Police Federation of England and Wales to represent police officer

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
21 May 2026
Target answer date
1 Jun 2026
Answer
1 Jun 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of amending the 1996 Police Act to allow staff associations other than the Police Federation of England and Wales to represent police officer

  2. 1 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 1 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The Government wants to see a strong staff association that provides a strong voice for police officers and represents their interests effectively.Recognising widely-reported concerns about the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW), we expect to s...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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