Question follow-through · 99171
Mobile Phones: Theft
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with mobile phone companies on improving anti-theft technology.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 11 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 5 Jan 2026 · 25 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with mobile phone companies on improving anti-theft technology.
15 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Government is determined to crack down on snatch theft and other crimes which target people's mobile devices. It is working closely with industry and law enforcement to help reduce these crimes.The Government hosted a mobile phone summit on 6 February...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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