Question follow-through · 3434

Trading Standards: Organised Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for its policies of reported threats against Trading Standards officers made by criminal gangs.

answeredCameron ThomasHome Office

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Home Office
Tabled
20 May 2026
Target answer date
1 Jun 2026
Answer
3 Jun 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 20 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for its policies of reported threats against Trading Standards officers made by criminal gangs.

  2. 1 Jun 2026

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  3. 3 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    Serious and organised crime has a direct and damaging impact on local communities, undermining legitimate businesses, fuelling wider criminality, and eroding public confidence in the safety and vitality of our high streets.This Government will not tolerat...

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