Written Question·Home Office·UIN 84131
Metals: Theft
Tabled: 21 October 2025
Answered: 30 October 2025
Question
Ben Goldsborough
Labour — South Norfolk
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has considered the potential merits of legislating to ensure that the (a) historic and (b) cultural value of heritage metal is considered in prosecutions for metal theft.
Answer
Sarah JonesThis Government recognises the distress and disruption that heritage theft can cause to local communities.That is why the sentencing guidelines on theft were amended in 2016 to highlight that where theft is of heritage assets or causes disruption to infra...
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