Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department and its operational partners have made of the number of police officers that will be needed to respond to the UK leaving the EU without a deal.

It is entirely responsible and appropriate that we prepare for every eventuality and we will continue to work closely with all of our operational partners, including the police, on contingency planning to ensure the safety and security of our citizens.

Decisions on arrangements for police use and deployment of resources are operational matters for policing and are the responsibility of Chief Constables and not the Home Office.