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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...