Written Question·Home Office·UIN 100306

Police: Sexual Offences

Tabled: 16 December 2025
Answered: 23 December 2025

Question

Sir Mark Hendrick

Labour (Co-op)Preston

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy that people with convictions for any sexual offences should be prevented from serving in the police forces.

Answer

Mike Tapp
One of the Government’s key priorities is to restore public confidence in policing. To achieve this, we must ensure that those who enter policing are vetted in line with standards the public would expect.That is why, in alignment with our manifesto commit...

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