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Agriculture: Crime

Commons · Question 21532 · Tabled 19 Dec 2024 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 13 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Josh Fenton-Glynn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences involving agricultural crime resulted in (a) charges or summons, (b) evidential difficulties outcomes and (c) investigations completed but no suspects identified. in each year since

Answer

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 13 Jan 2025

Rural crime can have devastating consequences for countryside communities. That is why this Government is committed to reducing crime in rural areas.The National Police Chiefs’ Council is expected to publish its next four-year Rural and Wildlife Crime Str...