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Crime: Rural Areas

Asked by Dr Luke EvansConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 2 April 2025UIN 41145

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with (a) the National Police Chiefs Council and (b) Leicestershire Police on a rural crime strategy.

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson

The Home Office is working closely with the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) to develop the next interim of the Rural and Wildlife Crime Strategy, and I recently met with the NPCC lead for rural crime to discuss that strategy, and related issues.

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