Question follow-through · 11947

Police and Crime Commissioners: Accountability

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure local accountability for policing following the abolition of Police and Crime Commissioners, and whether she will publish the accountability framework before the Pol

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Home Office
Tabled
22 Jun 2026
Target answer date
24 Jun 2026
Answer
30 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 22 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure local accountability for policing following the abolition of Police and Crime Commissioners, and whether she will publish the accountability framework before the Pol

  2. 24 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 30 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The Home Office is working with policing and local government stakeholders to design and implement future governance arrangements to replace Police and Crime Commissioners from May 2028. We will introduce a system of police governance that maintains consi...

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