Oral Question·Home Office
“What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on tackling cyber attacks.”
Tabled: 24 May 2018Answered: 4 June 2018
Asked by
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
Labour — Slough
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for the Home Department
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Policing and Crime (Sarah Jones)
Shop theft hit a record high in the last year of the previous Government, but our Crime and Policing Bill will remove the effective immunity for shop thefts under £200. We are investing over £7 million to support police efforts against retail crime over the next three years, including supporting a specialist team to target organised gangs and offenders. We also back the Tackling Retail Crime Together strategy, in which industry and police are collaborating to better target perpetrators.