Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will work with (a) HM Inspectorate of Constabulary, (b) the College of Policing, (c) the National Police Chiefs Council and (d) the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners to draw up a national action plan to ensure the protection of community policing functions across the country.

Decisions about how policing resources are best deployed are for Chief Constables and democratically accountable Police and Crime Commissioners. They are responsible for ensuring the needs of the local community are met. I welcome the work of the Police Reform and Transformation Board, at a national level, in seeking to establish a local policing sub group which will bring together a variety of stakeholders to help to deliver the Policing Vision 2025.