Retail Trade: Crime
Commons · Question 10127 · Tabled 16 Jun 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 18 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to better protect retail workers from retail crime and ensure stronger action against those responsible.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 18 Jun 2026
The level of shop theft remains unacceptable. But our action to restore neighbourhood policing is making a difference - including delivering more than 3,100 additional police officers and PCSOs into neighbourhood roles since March 2025, two months ahead o...