Question follow-through · 11547
Shoplifting: Lincolnshire
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken with relevant authorities to reduce shop lifting in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 29 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 31 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 6 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken with relevant authorities to reduce shop lifting in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
31 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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6 Nov 2024
Answer published
Shoplifting increased at an unacceptable level under the previous government, and we have seen more and more offenders using violence and abuse against shopworkers. We will not stand for this. Everybody has a right to feel safe on the job.To that end, thi...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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