Jim Cunningham – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2015-12-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK police and intelligence staff are based in (a) Europe and (b) Turkey; and if she will make a statement.

Mike Penning

For national security reasons we do not disclose details of intelligence officers or counter terrorism police deployed or based abroad.

In respect of wider policing we do not hold details of all overseas deployments by police forces. We only hold details of those deployments which provide assistance to an international organisation, foreign government or police service and therefore require authorisation from the Police and Crime Commissioner and the Home Secretary under the provisions of Section 26 of the Police Act (1996).