Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 85196
Motor Vehicles: Theft
Tabled: 27 October 2025
Answered: 3 November 2025
Question
Melanie Onn
Labour — Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Sentencing Council on introducing tougher sentences for repeat (a) motorbike and (b) car theft offenders.
Answer
Jake RichardsThe maximum sentences available for criminal offences are set by Parliament. Theft of a motor vehicle may be prosecuted under different provisions of the Theft Act 1968 (“the Act”). For example, theft of a motor vehicle under section 1 of the Act is a tri...
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