Written Question·Home Office·UIN 84129
Metals: Theft
Tabled: 21 October 2025
Answered: 29 October 2025
Question
Ben Goldsborough
Labour — South Norfolk
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of making training on the theft of heritage metal a mandatory requirement for acquiring a scrap metal dealer licence.
Answer
Sarah JonesThis Government recognises the distress and disruption that heritage theft can cause to local communities. The Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 was introduced to reduce metal theft by strengthening regulation of the scrap metal industry. The Act requires scra...
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