§ Mr. Martyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what was the number of burglaries on farms and farm outbuildings in England and Wales for each of the past 10 years; [33138]
(2) what was the number of cases of thefts of produce from fields in England and Wales for each of the past 10 years; [33137]
(3) what was the number of cases of livestock theft in England and Wales for each of the past 10 years. [33136]
§ Mr. MacleanThis information is not collected centrally.
§ Mr. JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures are being taken to reduce burglaries from farms and farm outbuildings; and what reports his Department has produced. [33139]
§ Mr. MacleanDecisions about policing priorities are matters for chief officers of police. They attach a high priority to measures aimed at tackling burglary and many initiatives are successfully reducing the number of burglaries. There are, for instance, over 500 farm watch schemes across the country.
The Home Office has no plans to produce a report on farm burglaries but will continue to support the police through its crime prevention training, publicity and research programmes.