Written questions

Freight: Crime

Commons · Question 90423 · Tabled 12 Nov 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 19 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Tom Gordon

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of trends in freight-related crime; and what measures her Department are implementing in collaboration with (a) police forces and (b) industry to reduce

Answer

Answered by Sarah Jones, 19 Nov 2025

We fully recognise the serious and growing threat that freight crime poses to businesses, drivers, and the wider economy. This Government is determined to crack down on it. The incidence of cargo theft, where criminals rip the sides of lorries and take th...