Written questions

Crime: Rural Areas

Commons · Question 12611 · Tabled 4 Nov 2024 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 12 Nov 2024

Question

Asked by Rebecca Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that victims of rural crime in areas with poor (a) phone and (b) internet coverage are able to report those crimes promptly.

Answer

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 12 Nov 2024

This Government is committed to working with the police and other partners to address the blight of rural crime, with the introduction of stronger powers for the police to tackle antisocial behaviour, and action to tackle farm theft and fly-tipping.We are...