Written questions

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...