Police: Civil Disorder
Commons · Question 20930 · Tabled 18 Dec 2024 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Gregory Campbell
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will have discussions with the devolved administrations on potential changes to the (a) criteria for and (b) duration of short term deployment of police officers to deal with unexpected civil d
Answer
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 7 Jan 2025
Operational matters - including requests for and provision of Mutual Aid in response to public disorder - are primarily a matter for police forces who are operationally independent of government.