Question follow-through · 35343

Crime: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle rural crime; what progress she made on a rural crime strategy; and when she plans to launch that strategy.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
4 Mar 2025
Target answer date
6 Mar 2025
Answer
12 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 4 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle rural crime; what progress she made on a rural crime strategy; and when she plans to launch that strategy.

  2. 6 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 12 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Rural crime can have devastating consequences for countryside communities. The Government is joint with the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) to deliver a new Rural and Wildlife Crime Strategy, ensuring our Safer Streets Mission benefits every commun...

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