Question follow-through · 12680
Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to help protect high street retail workers from violence or threats from customers, including smaller
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 24 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 29 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 6 Jul 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to help protect high street retail workers from violence or threats from customers, including smaller
29 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Jul 2026
Answer published
According to the British Retail Consortium Crime Report 2026, there were around 590,000 incidents of violence and abuse in 2024-25, down 20% from 737,000 in 2023-24. The levels of violence and abuse towards retail workers are unacceptable. We are ensuring...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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