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Crime: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the resources available to Avon and Somerset police to tackle rural crime.

answeredAdam DanceHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
15 Apr 2026
Target answer date
20 Apr 2026
Answer
22 Apr 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the resources available to Avon and Somerset police to tackle rural crime.

  2. 20 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 22 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    This Government is introducing the most radical and comprehensive policing reforms in nearly 200 years. We will modernise policing in this country – equipping it to tackle more sophisticated, online, and cross-border crimes (like wildlife crime and organi...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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