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Question follow-through · 27081

Crime: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on average police response times to incidents in rural areas by police force area in each of the last five years.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
3 Sept 2026
Target answer date
7 Sept 2026
Answer
8 Sept 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Sept 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on average police response times to incidents in rural areas by police force area in each of the last five years.

  2. 7 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    The Home Office does not currently hold a national dataset of average police response times to incidents in rural areas.The Home Secretary has been clear that she wants the Home Office to play a greater role in monitoring and improving police performance....

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Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.

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