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Agriculture: Crime Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to introduce regulations to apply forensic marking to new GPS units for use in agricultural and commercial settings.

answeredAdam DanceHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
23 Mar 2026
Target answer date
26 Mar 2026
Answer
26 Mar 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to introduce regulations to apply forensic marking to new GPS units for use in agricultural and commercial settings.

  2. 26 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 26 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    Equipment theft, including the theft of GPS systems, can have devastating consequences for countryside communities and the agricultural sector.That is why we are committed to the implementation of the Equipment Theft (Prevention) Act 2023 and fully suppor...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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