Written questions

Retail Trade: Crime

Commons · Question 8176 · Tabled 9 Oct 2024 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 17 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Rachael Maskell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what non-custodial steps she is taking to help divert people away from retail crime.

Answer

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 17 Oct 2024

Shoplifting has increased at an unacceptable level in recent years, with more and more offenders using violence and abuse against shopworkers to do this. We will not stand for this. Everybody has a right to feel safe on the job.To that end, this Governmen...