Mobile Phones: Theft
Commons · Question 115598 · Tabled 24 Feb 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral evidence to the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee on 3 June 2025, HC 523, whether her Department plans to pilot enhanced device-blocking and cross-platform verifi
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 5 Mar 2026
Mobile phone theft causes significant distress to victims and fuels wider criminality, and the Government is determined to reduce it. We recognise the important role that technical solutions, such as options aimed at preventing stolen devices from accessi...