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.

answeredNorthern Ireland Office

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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

  1. 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.

  2. 1 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 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...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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