Question follow-through · 10429
National Police Service: Freedom of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the National Police Service will be covered by the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
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
- 16 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 18 Jun 2026 · 2 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the National Police Service will be covered by the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
18 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Jun 2026
Answer published
As announced in the King’s Speech on 13 May, the Police Reform Bill which will establish the National Police Service will be introduced later this session.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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