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Crime: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of police officers are dedicated to rural crime teams in each police force in (a) England and (b) Wales.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
19 Nov 2024
Target answer date
21 Nov 2024
Answer
27 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of police officers are dedicated to rural crime teams in each police force in (a) England and (b) Wales.

  2. 21 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 27 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    The Home Office does not hold data on police officers working in rural crime teams.The Home Office collects and publishes data biannually on the size and composition of the police workforce, in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulleti...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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