Written Question·Home Office·UIN 70378
Crimes of Violence: Bureaux de Change
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025
Question
Yasmin Qureshi
Labour — Bolton South and Walkden
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she intends the offence of assaulting a shop worker to apply to people working in a bureau de change.
Answer
Sarah JonesSection 156 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 created 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...
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