Written Question·Home Office·UIN 108209

Police: Dismissal

Tabled: 26 January 2026
Answered: 4 February 2026

Question

Wendy Morton

ConservativeAldridge-Brownhills

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she will review the current frameworks for the (a) removal and (b) censure of a Chief Constable when Rt hon. and hon. Members have been misled by police evidence.

Answer

Sarah Jones
The Government recognises that public confidence in policing is fundamental to the effectiveness of the police and to the principle of policing by consent.I met the Acting Chief Constable, Scott Green, for West Midlands Police on 21 January. I was assured...

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