Question follow-through · 29291
Organised Crime: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the extent to which organised criminal groups are responsible for rural crime affecting farms and agricultural businesses.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 11 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 15 Sept 2026 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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- Crime Prevention: Rural Areas · 14 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
11 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the extent to which organised criminal groups are responsible for rural crime affecting farms and agricultural businesses.
15 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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15 Sept 2026
Answer published
Rural crime is not recorded as a distinct category within police recorded crime and it is therefore not possible to produce a single, centrally verified assessment of the extent to which organised criminal groups are responsible for rural crime affecting ...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Crime Prevention: Rural Areas
14 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve cooperation between police forces in tackling offences in rural areas affecting farms and agricultural businesses.