Question follow-through · 114374

Retail Trade: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to reduce retail crime in rural areas.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
20 Feb 2026
Target answer date
24 Feb 2026
Answer
2 Mar 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to reduce retail crime in rural areas.

  2. 24 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The central aim of our police reforms is to protect and revitalise neighbourhood policing. We are lifting national responsibilities off local forces so they focus on tackling local issues, like fighting retail crime. All communities, including rural commu...

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