Question follow-through · 115735

Shops: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on creating a public reporting line for illicit high-street businesses.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
24 Feb 2026
Target answer date
26 Feb 2026
Answer
4 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 24 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on creating a public reporting line for illicit high-street businesses.

  2. 26 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 4 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The High Streets Illegality Taskforce is working to develop a strategic long-term policy response to money laundering and associated illegality on UK high streets, including other forms of economic crime, tax evasion, and illegal working, tackling the sys...

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