Question follow-through · 73219
Smuggling: Freight
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of freight crime on the economy since 2020.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 29 Aug 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of freight crime on the economy since 2020.
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Government is aware of the rising frequency of freight crime and the damaging impact it can have on businesses and the economy. The Government is working closely with the police, wider automative industry, and the National Vehicle Crime Intelligence S...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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