Written Question·Home Office·UIN 127294

Fuels: Theft

Tabled: 14 April 2026
Answered: 22 April 2026

Question

David Taylor

LabourHemel Hempstead

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of poor HGV facilities on the incidence of fuel theft from commercial vehicles; and what steps she is taking to protect UK hauliers and national s

Answer

Sarah Jones
Fuel theft undermines businesses and their workers. We are equipping the police to fight the organised crime gangs which can drive this theft nationally. Our £5m investment into OPAL, (the police national intelligence unit who focus on serious organised a...

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