Overview Schedule 6: Police and crime panels Section 29: Power to require attendance and information
150.Section 29 makes provision for a police and crime panel to require the police and crime commissioner or members of his staff to attend before the panel to answer questions, and for a police and crime commissioner to respond in writing to the panel’s reports or recommendations. Members of the commissioner’s staff are not obliged to answer questions or provide evidence in respect of any advice provided to the commissioner.