Question follow-through · 1080

Organised Crime: Retail Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of police resources dedicated to tackling organised crime operating through small retail businesses.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
13 May 2026
Target answer date
18 May 2026
Answer
21 May 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of police resources dedicated to tackling organised crime operating through small retail businesses.

  2. 18 May 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 21 May 2026

    Answer published

    We are fully committed to tackling criminality on the high street from illegitimate businesses. It is for this reason that the Home Office, working with the Ministry for Communities, Housing and Local Government, has established a cross-government Taskfor...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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