Police: Reorganisation
Commons · Question 114909 · Tabled 23 Feb 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 41 of the policy paper entitled From local to national: a new model for policing, published on 26 January 2026, CP 1489, what is meant by a pathfinder merger.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 3 Mar 2026
The Police Reform White Paper set out an ambition to move to fewer, larger forces by the end of next parliament. This included a commitment to explore opportunities to undertake pathfinder mergers by the end of this Parliament.A pathfinder merger would ta...