Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of reimbursing Thames Valley Police Force for extra officer hours associated with state visits.

State visits, especially those by our closest allies, create opportunities to strengthen alliances, support trade and investment, encourage innovation, and research collaboration, and reinforce the United Kingdom’s global influence.

While we do not comment on operational matters, we and the police have well-established arrangements to ensure state visits are managed safely and securely, while maintaining regular policing across communities.

We continue to work closely with policing partners to ensure that eligible costs arising from nationally significant operations are recovered in line with established funding principles.