Question follow-through · 17530
Police: Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department is providing to police forces in adopting modern technologies to the identification of trends across complaints, misconduct, training, supervision and welfare data.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 9 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 20 Jul 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department is providing to police forces in adopting modern technologies to the identification of trends across complaints, misconduct, training, supervision and welfare data.
13 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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20 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Government does not determine which technology police forces procure or deploy. This is a matter for operationally independent Chief Constables, held accountable by directly elected Police and Crime Commissioners.The Home Office does recognise the imp...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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