Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers of 23 May 2016 to Questions 37209 and 37235, whether official guidelines on the policing of football matches abroad state that authority must be granted by her Department under section 26 of the Police Act 1996 to permit UK police officers to perform operational police duties abroad.

Guidelines on overseas police deployments include detail on when approval from the Home Office is required under section 26 of the Police Act 1996.