Question follow-through · 62276

Mobile Phones: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the resale of stolen mobile phones.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
24 Jun 2025
Target answer date
26 Jun 2025
Answer
2 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the resale of stolen mobile phones.

  2. 26 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    On 6 February the Home Secretary brought together police, the National Crime Agency, the Mayor of London, local government representatives, leading technology companies and others to drive greater collaboration in breaking the business model of mobile pho...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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