Source · Select Committees · Home Affairs Committee
Recommendation 7
7
Deferred
Enhance national policing system's capacity to monitor social media and support local forces.
Conclusion
The new national system for policing should include enhanced capacity to monitor and respond to social media at the national level, while also supporting forces to develop the necessary capacity. (Recommendation, Paragraph 31)
Government Response Summary
The government states that the Home Secretary has provided £28.3 million in funding to police forces to cover the additional costs of policing past disorder, paid in full in May 2025. This response does not address the recommendation for enhanced national capacity to monitor and respond to social media.
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
The Home Secretary has agreed to provide police forces in England and Wales with £28.3 million of funding to cover all of the additional costs of policing the disorder. This funding was paid in full in May 2025.