Question follow-through · 12181
Shoplifting: East Sussex
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of shoplifting in East Sussex.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 23 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 1 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of shoplifting in East Sussex.
25 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Jul 2026
Answer published
We delivered more than 3,000 additional police officers and PCSOs into neighbourhood roles since March 2025.There are signs the tide is turning, with a small fall in shop theft offences by 1% in the year ending December 2025 compared with the previous yea...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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