Question follow-through · 31392
Shoplifting: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce shoplifting in rural convenience stores.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 12 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 28 Feb 2025 · 16 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce shoplifting in rural convenience stores.
24 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Feb 2025
Answer published
In the last year of the previous government, shop theft soared to a twenty-year high, with more and more offenders using violence and abuse against shopworkers. We will not stand for this.No matter where you live, we are clear that when you report a crime...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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