Written Question·Home Office·UIN 87554
Equipment: Theft
Tabled: 3 November 2025
Answered: 11 November 2025
Question
Victoria Collins
Liberal Democrat — Harpenden and Berkhamsted
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to issue guidance to police forces on responding to (a) thefts from vans and (b) tool theft, in the context of the implementation of the Equipment Theft (Prevention) Act 2023.
Answer
Sarah JonesThe Government is currently bringing forward legislative proposals to extend the Equipment Theft (Prevention) Act 2023 to include tradespeople’s power tools. As set out in the recently published Government Response to the Call for Evidence on the scope of...
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