This petition was submitted during the 2019 to 2024 Parliament
Rejected petition Create a centralised Procurement Dept. for all Police Forces to purchase from
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Currently each Police Force has the ability to purchase systems/uniform/vehicles/assets/devices, at various rates/issue contracts to suppliers at different rates and prices.Why not remove 42 x Procurement Functions and a national Dept.?
This will drive cost efficiencies, return tax-payer funding to front line serivces, invest in strategic solutions, drive cohesive budgets, align supplier costs and specifications of products, free-up resource across each Police Force, and operationally deliver a better streamlined output for the public and businesses
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.
Decisions about police procurement are a matter for individual police forces, not the UK Government or Parliament.
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.