Question follow-through · 13342

Shoplifting: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of reported retail thefts have resulted in a charge in each of the last five years.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 8 Nov 2024
Target answer date: 12 Nov 2024
Answer: 18 Nov 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

8 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of reported retail thefts have resulted in a charge in each of the last five years.
12 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Nov 2024
Answer published
The Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of shoplifting offences and their investigative outcomes recorded by the police in England and Wales on a quarterly basis.The proportion of shoplifting offences which resulted in a “Charge/S...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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