Question follow-through · 4665
Organised Crime: Retail Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Home Office’s press release entitled New high street unit set up in nationwide blitz on dodgy shops, published on 19 May 2026, what safeguards will be in place to prevent legitim
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 29 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 3 Jun 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Home Office’s press release entitled New high street unit set up in nationwide blitz on dodgy shops, published on 19 May 2026, what safeguards will be in place to prevent legitim
2 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Home Office does not hold current data on the number of illegitimate businesses operating in Basildon, Thurrock and Essex. However, the National Crime Agency estimates that at least £1 billion is being laundered through rogue barber shops, vape stores...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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