Question follow-through · 18996
Community Relations and Neighbourhood Policing: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps are being taken to improve community policing and reduce sectarian tensions.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Northern Ireland Office
- Tabled
- 15 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2026 · 55 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps are being taken to improve community policing and reduce sectarian tensions.
1 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2026
Answer published
Policing in Northern Ireland, apart from national security, is a devolved matter. It is for the Northern Ireland Executive to make decisions on the allocation of resources in line with its identified priorities, and for the Department of Justice to alloca...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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