Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help (a) recruit, (b) train and (c) support the development of police officers within the British Overseas Territories.

In conjunction with the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, the Home Office delivers capacity building incorporating mentoring, training and advice to local police teams across the British Overseas Territories.. The local Police Force is responsible for the recruitment of their officers.

There are currently police officers on secondment working with police forces in the territories including in Anguilla, Montserrat, and the British Virgin Islands.