Written Question·Home Office·UIN 90423
Freight: Crime
Tabled: 12 November 2025
Answered: 19 November 2025
Named DayQuestion
Tom Gordon
Liberal Democrat — Harrogate and Knaresborough
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of trends in freight-related crime; and what measures her Department are implementing in collaboration with (a) police forces and (b) industry to reduce
Answer
Sarah JonesWe fully recognise the serious and growing threat that freight crime poses to businesses, drivers, and the wider economy. This Government is determined to crack down on it. The incidence of cargo theft, where criminals rip the sides of lorries and take th...
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