Written Question·Home Office·UIN 58272
Banks and Building Societies: Crimes of Violence
Tabled: 9 June 2025
Answered: 17 June 2025
Question
Navendu Mishra
Labour — Stockport
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a standalone offense of assaulting a retail worker that includes (a) bank and (b) building society workers.
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonSection 156 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 creates a statutory aggravating factor in sentencing cases of assault against public facing workers. It applies where an assault is committed against those providing a public service, perfor...
ⓘ
This is an extract from the Parliament API. Search the full answer on Parliament.uk (UIN 58272) →