Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether funding has been provided since July 2024 in relation to the security of Hon Members from the Reform UK party.

Parliament is responsible for providing and funding a range of security measures for all Members of Parliament (MPs). There is an extensive and comprehensive range of protective security measures available. These protective security measures are kept under review to ensure MPs can carry out their duties safely.

The Home Office, Parliament and police work closely to assess risk to MPs. These risk assessments inform appropriate protective security measures to ensure the safety and security of MPs in Westminster and in their constituencies.

It is the Home Office’s long-standing policy not to provide detailed information on individual MPs’ security arrangements, as doing so could compromise the integrity and safety of individuals.  

The Home Office remains firmly committed to safeguarding all elected officials and has implemented a range of notable measures, which have enhanced protective security. This includes expanding Operation Bridger, the police support for MPs away from the Parliamentary Estate, by funding a fulltime network of police officers in forces across the UK known as Force Elected Official Advisors (FEOAs). These FEOAs provide dedicated police support to MPs, locally elected representatives and candidates across the UK.