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National Rural Crime Unit and National Wildlife Crime Unit: Northern Ireland

Asked by Robin SwannUlster Unionist PartyHome OfficeTabled Answered 7 April 2025UIN 42921

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much and what proportion of funding allocated to the (a) National Rural Crime Unit and (b) National Wildlife Crime Unit will be for (i) operations and (ii) activities in Northern Ireland.

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson

Chief Constables have operational independence to tackle the crimes that matter most to their communities; these decisions will inform the support that they request and receive from the units in question.

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