Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the relative adequacy of (a) electric and (b) internal combustion engine vehicles in enabling police forces to meet response time targets.

The National Police Chiefs Council have begun the process of assessing the impact of transitioning from internal combustion engine to electric vehicles, which includes consideration of the operational consequences, consequences for frontline officers and budgetary impact.

At the Spending Review, the Chancellor confirmed a real terms increase in police spending power. Grant allocations to police forces will be made in the usual way at the police funding settlement.