Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the Metropolitan Police Commissioner regarding (a) the Metropolitan Police presence at Number 10 on 18 December 2020 and (b) facilitating the Cabinet Secretary's investigation into allegations around social gatherings of staff on that date.

The Home Secretary has regular meetings with the London Metropolitan Commissioner, Dame Cressida Dick to discuss matters of strategic interest.

The Metropolitan Police Service, in common with other police forces, is operationally independent of Government and free from political interference.