Oral Question·Department for Education
“What assessment she has made of the adequacy of levels of funding for further education.”
Tabled: 3 December 2024Answered: 9 December 2024
Asked by
Richard Foord
Liberal Democrat — Honiton and Sidmouth
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Education
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Policing and Crime (Sarah Jones)
Abuse and violence against retail workers ballooned under the last Government. The Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers and others campaigned for action. We promised to take action, and we have: the Crime and Policing Act 2026 introduces a new offence of assaulting a retail worker, punishable by up to six months’ imprisonment, an unlimited fine, or both.