Question follow-through · 127294

Fuels: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of poor HGV facilities on the incidence of fuel theft from commercial vehicles; and what steps she is taking to protect UK hauliers and national s

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
14 Apr 2026
Target answer date
16 Apr 2026
Answer
22 Apr 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 14 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of poor HGV facilities on the incidence of fuel theft from commercial vehicles; and what steps she is taking to protect UK hauliers and national s

  2. 16 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 22 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    Fuel theft undermines businesses and their workers. We are equipping the police to fight the organised crime gangs which can drive this theft nationally. Our £5m investment into OPAL, (the police national intelligence unit who focus on serious organised a...

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