Oral QuestionMinistry of Justice

“What assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the regulation of bailiffs.”

Tabled: 13 September 2018Answered: 9 October 2018

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Justice

Answer from Hansard

The Solicitor General

The most granular data that I can provide is for the Dorset police area, where the crime with the highest prosecution volume is shoplifting, followed by driving under the influence and then assault by beating. To keep communities safe over the Christmas period, the Government have launched the winter of action. Police will use hotspot patrols, and will work closely with businesses and communities to clamp down on shop theft and street crime across hundreds of town centres, including Bournemouth.