Written Question·Home Office·UIN 16217

High Streets Organised Crime Unit: Staffordshire

Tabled: 6 July 2026
Answered: 9 July 2026

Question

Adam Jogee

LabourNewcastle-under-Lyme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the High Streets Organised Crime Unit on tackling crime in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and (b) Staffordshire.

Answer

Sarah Jones
Tackling high street criminality is a priority for this Government. It is for that reason that on 19 May the Government announced a £30 million crackdown targeting cash intensive business such as barber shops, vape stores, mini-marts and sweet shops opera...

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