Question follow-through · 4650
Police: Counter-terrorism
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of current counter-terrorism policing resources following the increase in the national threat level to severe.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 29 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 4 Jun 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of current counter-terrorism policing resources following the increase in the national threat level to severe.
2 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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4 Jun 2026
Answer published
On 30 April 2026 the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre raised the UK national terrorism threat level to SEVERE, meaning that a terrorist attack is highly likely in the next six months.Funding for Counter-Terrorism Policing increased this year (2026-27) to £...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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