Question follow-through · 4186
Shoplifting
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle the increase in shoplifting.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 4 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 9 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 13 Sept 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle the increase in shoplifting.
9 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Sept 2024
Answer published
Shoplifting has increased to an unacceptable level in recent years, with more and more offenders using violence and abuse against shopworkers to do this. We will not stand for this. Everybody has a right to feel safe on the job.This Government will end th...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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