Retail Trade: Crime
Commons · Question 111247 · Tabled 5 Feb 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 11 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Max Wilkinson
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's White Paper entitled From local to national: a new model for policing, published on 26 January 2026, whether the funding announced for Opal is an yearly increase on
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 11 Feb 2026
Opal is the National Policing Intelligence Unit for serious organised acquisitive crime. In 2023/4 and 2024/5, the Home Office provided £30,000 each year to help set up and run Pegasus which provides for a retail crime desk within Opal.The Home Office is ...