Karl Turner – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Karl Turner on 2016-01-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of demand for police services.

Mike Penning

It is the role of Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary to assess police forces in England and Wales on their efficiency, including how they are managing demand for services and whether they have appropriate systems in place to assess trends. Their most recent assessment (report published October 2015) found that forces have a good understanding of current demand but need to improve their understanding of future demand. Forces are working with the College of Policing to progress this work.