Question follow-through · 48404

Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce thefts of (a) mobile phones, (b) handbags and (c) other personal items.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 28 Apr 2025
Target answer date: 30 Apr 2025
Answer: 7 May 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

28 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce thefts of (a) mobile phones, (b) handbags and (c) other personal items.
30 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 May 2025
Answer published
Through our Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee we will place thousands of additional police officers and police community support officers in neighbourhood policing roles to provide a more visible and effective service to the public, with each neighbourhood...

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