Question follow-through · 12611

Crime: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that victims of rural crime in areas with poor (a) phone and (b) internet coverage are able to report those crimes promptly.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
4 Nov 2024
Target answer date
6 Nov 2024
Answer
12 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 4 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that victims of rural crime in areas with poor (a) phone and (b) internet coverage are able to report those crimes promptly.

  2. 6 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    This Government is committed to working with the police and other partners to address the blight of rural crime, with the introduction of stronger powers for the police to tackle antisocial behaviour, and action to tackle farm theft and fly-tipping.We are...

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