Question follow-through · 82523
Shoplifting: Prosecutions
To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking to help ensure effective prosecution for shoplifting.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Attorney General
- Tabled
- 15 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 24 Oct 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking to help ensure effective prosecution for shoplifting.
20 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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24 Oct 2025
Answer published
This Government’s Safer Streets Mission will drive forward the change we need to crack down on shoplifting – a crime that is blighting our communities.This Government is putting a stop to the effective immunity for shoplifting of goods below £200 and brin...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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