Written Question·Home Office·UIN 2578

Police and Crime Commissioners

Tabled: 30 July 2024
Answered: 2 September 2024

Question

Steve Darling

Liberal DemocratTorbay

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will introduce legislation to (a) abolish the post of Police and Crime Commissioners and (b) replace them with local boards of elected councillors.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
PCCs play an importantrole as the voice of the public and victims in policing at a local level, holding Chief Constables to account and leading local partnerships to prevent crime and anti-social behaviour.The government will continue to work with PCCs an...

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