Written questions

Police: Fees and Charges

Commons · Question 113562 · Tabled 20 Feb 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 2 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Sir Julian Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of reports of variations in police force implementation of the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s Abnormal Load Guidance an

Answer

Answered by Sarah Jones, 2 Mar 2026

Police Chiefs are responsible for decisions on escorting abnormal loads and for how guidance relating to movements and charging should be implemented in their areas. Local variation in the management of abnormal loads may be necessary to account for facto...