Family Liaison Officers
Commons · Question 70218 · Tabled 22 Jul 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 2 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Freddie van Mierlo
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces provide a family liaison officer in cases of (a) murder, (b) fatal accident, (c) unexplained death and (d) suicide.
Answer
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 2 Sep 2025
We recognise that the role of the FLO is an important one, especially when supporting families during difficult times.However, decisions to assign an FLO in specific cases are made by individual police forces, and such decisions would therefore be an oper...