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Police: Public Consultation

Commons · Question 81427 · Tabled 13 Oct 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 16 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Simon Opher

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to respond to the consultation entitled National guidance for community scrutiny panels, which closed on 19 October 2023.

Answer

Answered by Sarah Jones, 16 Oct 2025

Community scrutiny is a valuable means by which local communities can have a voice in how they are policed.The consultation on the national guidance for community scrutiny panels ran under the previous government. We have no plans to respond to this consu...