Question follow-through · 9717

Motor Vehicles: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many recorded offences of theft from a motor vehicle involved commercial freight vehicles in each of the last five years; what estimate she has made of the value of goods stolen in those offences;

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
15 Jun 2026
Target answer date
18 Jun 2026
Answer
18 Jun 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 15 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many recorded offences of theft from a motor vehicle involved commercial freight vehicles in each of the last five years; what estimate she has made of the value of goods stolen in those offences;

  2. 18 Jun 2026

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  3. 18 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The Home Office collects information on the number of notifiable offences, and their investigative outcomes, recorded by the police in England and Wales. This includes offences of Theft from a Motor Vehicle. However, we do not hold data on the types of ve...

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