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Police: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that rural police forces are additionally resourced to prosecute newly proscribed rural crimes.

answeredCameron ThomasHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
7 Jan 2026
Answer
19 Jan 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that rural police forces are additionally resourced to prosecute newly proscribed rural crimes.

  2. 7 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 19 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    I refer the Hon. Member to UIN 97588 answered on 15th December 2025.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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