Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a national definition for rural crime.

Those living in rural areas can be the victim of the same crimes as those living in urban areas. However, we know that certain crimes, such as hare coursing and livestock offences, predominantly affect rural communities and that is why we supported the introduction of the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s Rural
Affairs Strategy, which was published last July.