Oral Question·Home Office
“What steps she is taking to support the police to tackle burglaries.”
Tabled: 7 January 2025Answered: 13 January 2025
Asked by
Monica Harding
Liberal Democrat — Esher and Walton
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for the Home Department
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention (Dame Diana Johnson)
Burglary is a particularly invasive crime that has a profound impact on the security of individuals—as I know from personal experience—as well as on the wider community. For too long a culture has been allowed to develop whereby victims of burglary and other crimes fear that even if they report what has happened, no one will come and nothing will be done. That is the culture we are determined to tackle through our safer streets mission and our commitment to neighbourhood policing.