Oral Question·Home Office
“What steps she is taking to tackle phone theft.”
Tabled: 13 February 2025Answered: 24 February 2025
Asked by
Gregory Stafford
Conservative — Farnham and Bordon
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for the Home Department
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention (Dame Diana Johnson)
The Government are determined to act to ensure that people feel safe on our streets. On 6 February the Home Secretary brought together law enforcement agencies and representatives of the mobile phone industry to discuss what more could be done to break the business model of mobile phone theft, and to bring about stronger collaboration across those agencies to crack down on the criminal networks that are operating in this trade.