Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve police response times.

Law enforcement, including response times, is an operational matter for the police. It is for local policing bodies, in the case of London the Mayor, and Chief Constables and Commissioners to decide how best to manage their communications and response to the public based on their knowledge and experience of the communities they serve.

The police funding settlement for 2020/21 sets out the biggest increase in funding for the policing system since 2010. The Government will provide a total police funding settlement of up to £15.2 billion in 2020/21, which is an increase of up to £1.1 billion compared to 2019/20.

The Metropolitan Police Service are receiving up to £2,939.9m in funding in 2020/21, an increase of up to £193m on 2019/20.