Question follow-through · 27743

Shoplifting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help tackle retail crime.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 30 Jan 2025
Target answer date: 3 Feb 2025
Answer: 7 Feb 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

30 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help tackle retail crime.
3 Feb 2025
Target answer date
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7 Feb 2025
Answer published
In the last year of the previous government shoplifting soared to a twenty-year high, with 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.This Government will...

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