Written questions

Policing and Crime Boards

Commons · Question 104901 · Tabled 12 Jan 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 20 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by David Simmonds

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 9 December 2025, to Question 96551, on Police: accountability, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of adding district-level licensing authorities in tw

Answer

Answered by Sarah Jones, 20 Jan 2026

The Government intends to legislate as soon as Parliamentary time allows to create Policing and Crime Boards to replace Police and Crime Commissioners where it is not possible for policing functions to be held by a Strategic Authority Mayor. These changes...