Question follow-through · 115598
Mobile Phones: Theft
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral evidence to the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee on 3 June 2025, HC 523, whether her Department plans to pilot enhanced device-blocking and cross-platform verifi
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 24 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 26 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 5 Mar 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral evidence to the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee on 3 June 2025, HC 523, whether her Department plans to pilot enhanced device-blocking and cross-platform verifi
26 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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5 Mar 2026
Answer published
Mobile phone theft causes significant distress to victims and fuels wider criminality, and the Government is determined to reduce it. We recognise the important role that technical solutions, such as options aimed at preventing stolen devices from accessi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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