Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she has issued to Chief Constables and Police Commissioners on the frequency with which police officers should attend meetings of the local hunt?

The enforcement of the Hunting Act 2004 is an operational matter for the police. It is for individual Chief Constables to determine how their resources are deployed and it is for locally elected PCCs to hold their forces to account, including on how they tackle the crimes that matter most to residents and businesses in rural and urban areas alike.

If the police face unexpected or exceptional events, there is an established process by which Police and Crime Commissioners can apply for Special Grant funding to help with these costs.