Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces in England & Wales took part in television programmes in the period 2020-22; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of participating in those programmes on (a) local communities and (b) reducing crime.

The Home Office does not collect information on how many police forces have taken part in television programmes or documentaries. We do not monitor the operational impact of this and have no plans to do so.

Decisions about media engagement are an operational matter for police forces. The College of Policing has published Authorised Professional Practice (APP) which covers engagement with the media.

This is available online at: https://www.college.police.uk/app/engagement-and-communication/media-relations