Written Question·Home Office·UIN 52935

Criminal Investigation

Tabled: 16 May 2025

Answered: 23 May 2025

Question

Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to prevent the misuse of police time and resources through (a) unfounded and (b) politically motivated allegations.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson

The Home Office is unable to comment on or intervene in individual police investigations, so as not to undermine Policing’s operational independence. Where a police force investigates an individual, we expect the force to determine how best to support tho...

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