Written Question·Home Office·UIN 59104
Banks and Building Socities: Crimes of Violence
Tabled: 11 June 2025
Answered: 19 June 2025
Question
Dr Luke Evans
Conservative — Hinckley and Bosworth
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has with representative bodies to ensure that plans to provide protection from assault to front-line retail workers include (a) bank and (b) building society staff.
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonThrough our Crime and Policing Bill, this Government has introduced a standalone offence of assaulting a retail worker to protect the hardworking and dedicated staff that work in stores. My officials have met with UK Finance and Barclays Bank to discuss t...
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