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Police: Public Consultation

Asked by Dr Simon OpherLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 16 October 2025UIN 81427

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to respond to the consultation entitled National guidance for community scrutiny panels, which closed on 19 October 2023.

Answered by Sarah Jones

Community scrutiny is a valuable means by which local communities can have a voice in how they are policed.

The consultation on the national guidance for community scrutiny panels ran under the previous government. We have no plans to respond to this consultation.

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