Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has the ability to overrule chief constables on decisions about uniform policy.

Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) are best placed to decide the uniform requirements for different roles within their force.

The police remain operationally independent and it is for local leadership to ensure that officers can perform their duties effectively whilst taking officer safety, appropriate risk assessments and effective engagement with the public into consideration.