Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether senior leaders outside of the police service can apply to be the new Metropolitan Police Commissioner.
Details of the criteria for selecting the new Metropolitan Police Commissioner were published in the recruitment information pack: Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service: application pack - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
The process to recruit a new Commissioner is well underway and there will be an announcement in due course.