questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether funding will be allocated to roll out hotspot policing in rural areas.
answerText: This Government has awarded £66.3m in 2025/26 to all 43 Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) in England and Wales for the Hot Spot Action Fund. This funding is for high-visibility patrolling in the areas with the highest densities (‘hotspots’) of knife c...
heading: Police: Rural Areas