Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much and what proportion of the budget of Hampshire police has been allocated to the implementation of its contact management platform in (a) each year since its inception and (b) 2019 to date.

Contact management is an operational matter for policing. Decisions about the allocation of police resources and deployment of officers are for Chief Constables and democratically accountable Police and Crime Commissioners. They are responsible for ensuring the needs of the local community are met.