West Midlands Police

(asked on 21st March 2019) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on police numbers in the West Midlands of the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and what estimate he has made of the proportion of West Midlands Police officers that will be deployed to other forces under police Mutual Aid arrangements.


Answered by
Nick Hurd Portrait
Nick Hurd
This question was answered on 26th March 2019

It is entirely responsible and appropriate that we prepare for every eventuality and we will continue to work closely with all of our operational partners, including the police, on contingency planning to ensure the safety and security of our citizens.

Decisions on arrangements for police use and deployment of resources are operational matters for policing and are the responsibility of Chief Constables and not the Home Office.

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