Question follow-through · 14061
Police: Coastal Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that police forces maintain specialist crime capability for coastal communities under proposed policing reforms.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 29 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 6 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that police forces maintain specialist crime capability for coastal communities under proposed policing reforms.
1 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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6 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Police Reform White Paper, published on 26 January 2026, set out the Government’s commitment to introduce a new model for policing, so that it is fit for the modern world and we have the right policing in the right places. We will ensure police forces...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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