Carolyn Harris – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Carolyn Harris on 2015-12-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the causes of recent trends in the number of police call outs to bookmakers.

Mike Penning

The Home Office does not collect information centrally on the locations to which police officers are called out and has made no assessment of recent trends in the number of call outs to bookmakers.

It is for Police and Crime Commissioners to decide police priorities at a local level, and for Chief Constables to determine the most appropriate response in their areas.