Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officers from each police force are assigned to the policing operations for (a) Extinction Rebellion protests and (b) protests connected to the UK leaving the EU; and what estimate she has made of the cost of those operations.

The management of demonstrations, including the use of mutual aid and the associated costs, are operational matters for the police.

The Metropolitan Police have stated their intention to seek Special Grant funding to cover the additional costs of the Extinction Rebellion protests, however as yet no formal application has been received.