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Hunting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the expenditure of policing and prosecuting public order offences and assaults between trail hunt groups and saboteurs.

answeredCameron ThomasHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
7 Jan 2026
Answer
13 Jan 2026 · 8 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 recent assessment her Department has made of the expenditure of policing and prosecuting public order offences and assaults between trail hunt groups and saboteurs.

  2. 7 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 13 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The Home Office does not hold figures on the cost of policing and prosecuting public order offences and assaults arising between trail hunt groups and saboteurs.Policing is operationally independent, and it is for local Chief Constables to determine how b...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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