Question follow-through · 12030

Shoplifting: Criminal Investigation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Metropolitan Police on investigating shoplifting offences where the value of goods stolen is less than £200.

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 31 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 4 Nov 2024
Answer: 7 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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31 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Metropolitan Police on investigating shoplifting offences where the value of goods stolen is less than £200.
4 Nov 2024
Target answer date
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7 Nov 2024
Answer published
Shoplifting is a damaging crime, which soared under the previous government, and we are determined to remove any perception that offenders will escape punishment.To that end, this Government will end the effective immunity, introduced by the previous Gove...

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