Written Question·Home Office·UIN 47845

Delivery Services: Crimes of Violence

Tabled: 24 April 2025
Answered: 2 May 2025

Question

Ian Byrne

LabourLiverpool West Derby

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consider including retail home delivery drivers within the definition of assaults on retail workers.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
Shop theft continues to increase at an unacceptable level, with more and more offenders using violence and abuse against shopworkers. We will not stand for this. Everybody has a right to feel safe at their place of work.Through our Crime and Policing Bill...

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