Banks and Building Societies: Crimes of Violence
Commons · Question 58272 · Tabled 9 Jun 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Navendu Mishra
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a standalone offense of assaulting a retail worker that includes (a) bank and (b) building society workers.
Answer
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 17 Jun 2025
Section 156 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 creates a statutory aggravating factor in sentencing cases of assault against public facing workers. It applies where an assault is committed against those providing a public service, perfor...