Question follow-through · 24883
Police: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to expand provision of police in semi-rural and rural areas.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 9 Sept 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to expand provision of police in semi-rural and rural areas.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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9 Sept 2026
Answer published
This Government is introducing the most radical and comprehensive policing reforms in nearly 200 years. This will support it to tackle cross-border crimes like wildlife crime and organised equipment theft, while also restoring neighbourhood policing.The N...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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