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Police and Crime Commissioners

Commons · Question 91081 · Tabled 13 Nov 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 19 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on democratic accountability of abolishing Police and Crime Commissioners.

Answer

Answered by Sarah Jones, 19 Nov 2025

The Government is committed to transferring police governance functions to mayors, or to Policing and Crime Boards consisting of locally elected leaders where it is not possible to do so by 2028.Moving police governance functions to locally elected leader...