Police: Accountability
Commons · Question 21939 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 9 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Navendu Mishra
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms are available to ensure that officers who are found to have failed to appropriately investigate serious offences are held accountable.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 9 Sep 2026
Members of the public have access to the statutory police complaints system if they are dissatisfied with the service they have received, or to raise concerns about policing where they are directly impacted.Most police complaints are dealt with by the loc...