Question follow-through · 724
Shoplifting: Prosecutions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to help ensure that shoplifters who steal goods worth under £200 are charged.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 18 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 22 Jul 2024
- Answer
- 26 Jul 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to help ensure that shoplifters who steal goods worth under £200 are charged.
22 Jul 2024
Target answer date
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26 Jul 2024
Answer published
Police Recorded Crime figures showed 443,995 shoplifting offences for the year ending March 2024, an increase by 30% in the 12 months leading up to. Shoplifting continues to increase at an unacceptable level, with more and more offenders using violence an...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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