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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.