Written Question·Home Office·UIN 73987

Police

Tabled: 1 September 2025

Answered: 9 September 2025

Question

Stuart Anderson

Conservative — South Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the number of police forces.

Answer

Sarah Jones

This Government is committed to addressing the strategic challenges policing faces. We specifically recognise the problems around fragmentation and resultant inefficiencies across the 43 police forces, which many police system leaders have highlighted.The...

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