Written Question·Home Office·UIN 69088

Metropolitan Police: Motor Vehicles

Tabled: 18 July 2025
Answered: 1 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Nadia Whittome

LabourNottingham East

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with the Metropolitan Police on the (a) purchase and (b) deployment of Plesan Sandcat armoured vehicles.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
Decisions around the procurement of equipment, including armoured vehicles, are a matter for operationally independent Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners, or Mayoral equivalents, who are best placed to consider the needs of their police f...

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