Written Question·Home Office·UIN 114328
National Police Service
Tabled: 20 February 2026
Answered: 2 March 2026
Question
Kim Johnson
Labour — Liverpool Riverside
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that Mayors and the new Local Policing and Crime Boards retain the ability to hire and dismiss chief constables so that policing leaders remain directly account
Answer
Sarah JonesThe Home Office is working with policing and local government stakeholders to design and implement future governance arrangements to replace Police and Crime Commissioners from May 2028. We remain committed to developing a system of police governance that...
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