Royal Mint: Demonstrations
Commons · Question 49304 · Tabled 30 Apr 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 6 May 2025
Question
Asked by Sir Iain Duncan Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the Metropolitan Police on the cost of (a) overtime payments, (b) equipment, (c) special measures and (d) mutual aid from the policing of protests outside the Roya
Answer
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 6 May 2025
The Home Secretary has regular meetings with all policing leaders, including the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), covering a range of matters.The police are operationally independent from the government. This means that the Home Offi...