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Crime: Rural Areas

Commons · Question 77854 · Tabled 16 Sep 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 13 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Rachel Gilmour

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of funding for specialised rural crime teams.

Answer

Answered by Sarah Jones, 13 Oct 2025

Rural crime can also have devastating consequences for countryside communities and the agricultural sector. This financial year we are providing the first Home Office funding since 2023 for the National Rural Crime Unit, a national policing unit which hel...