Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the preparedness of police services for civil disorder in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.

The police have well established mobilisation plans for public disorder. Both the police and Home Office keep the risk of public disorder and the
police’s capability and capacity to respond to significant incidents under continual review.

My department is working closely with the National Police Chiefs Council and National Police Coordination Centre to ensure these plans are
appropriate and robust in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.