Organised Crime: Retail Trade
Commons · Question 1080 · Tabled 13 May 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 21 May 2026
Question
Asked by James McMurdock
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of police resources dedicated to tackling organised crime operating through small retail businesses.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 21 May 2026
We are fully committed to tackling criminality on the high street from illegitimate businesses. It is for this reason that the Home Office, working with the Ministry for Communities, Housing and Local Government, has established a cross-government Taskfor...