Written Question·Home Office·UIN 121938
Police: Rural Areas
Tabled: 18 March 2026
Answered: 27 March 2026
Question
James Naish
Labour — Rushcliffe
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of police funding for rural forces in light of geographic scale, response times and organised criminal activity affecting farms and rural businesses.
Answer
Sarah JonesThis Government is introducing the most radical and comprehensive policing reforms in nearly 200 years. We will modernise policing in this country – equipping it to tackle more sophisticated, online, and cross-border crimes (like wildlife crime and organi...
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