Question follow-through · 77854

Crime: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of funding for specialised rural crime teams.

answeredHome Office

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Home Office
Tabled
16 Sept 2025
Target answer date
13 Oct 2025
Answer
13 Oct 2025 · 27 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 16 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of funding for specialised rural crime teams.

  2. 13 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 13 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    Rural crime can also have devastating consequences for countryside communities and the agricultural sector. This financial year we are providing the first Home Office funding since 2023 for the National Rural Crime Unit, a national policing unit which hel...

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