Question follow-through · 7755

Police: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she will publish a fully costed plan to reach the Police Efficiency and Collaboration Programme’s target of £354 million in savings by 2028-29.

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Home Office
Tabled
8 Jun 2026
Target answer date
10 Jun 2026
Answer
16 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 8 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she will publish a fully costed plan to reach the Police Efficiency and Collaboration Programme’s target of £354 million in savings by 2028-29.

  2. 10 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The Police Efficiency and Collaboration Programme part of our police reform agenda, was stood up in Autumn 2024 to deliver £354 million of cashable savings identified in policing and to free up thousands of officer hours by 2028-29 – which will be reinves...

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