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Metropolitan Police: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has given to the Metropolitan Police on (a) governance, (b) retention and (c) oversight arrangements on continuous integrity screening in the Metropolitan Police's Unified

answeredIqbal MohamedHome Office

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Home Office
Tabled
5 Jun 2026
Target answer date
9 Jun 2026
Answer
11 Jun 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 5 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has given to the Metropolitan Police on (a) governance, (b) retention and (c) oversight arrangements on continuous integrity screening in the Metropolitan Police's Unified

  2. 9 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 11 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    Police Forces are operationally independent, and the Home Office does not monitor whether ethical reviews have been conducted by Police Forces, nor has the department issued guidance on the Metropolitan Police’s governance, retention or oversight arrangem...

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