Question follow-through · 28161
Tools: Theft
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on reducing tool theft.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 3 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 11 Feb 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on reducing tool theft.
6 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Feb 2025
Answer published
This government recognises the negative impact theft has on victims who rely on the tools of their trade to earn a living, including small businesses.We are continuing to work with the police-led National Business Crime Centre and industry via the Combine...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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