Police: Counter-terrorism
Commons · Question 4650 · Tabled 29 May 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 4 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by James McMurdock
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of current counter-terrorism policing resources following the increase in the national threat level to severe.
Answer
Answered by Dan Jarvis, 4 Jun 2026
On 30 April 2026 the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre raised the UK national terrorism threat level to SEVERE, meaning that a terrorist attack is highly likely in the next six months.Funding for Counter-Terrorism Policing increased this year (2026-27) to £...