Written Question·Home Office·UIN 21549
Retail Trade: Crime
Tabled: 19 December 2024
Answered: 13 January 2025
Question
Satvir Kaur
Labour — Southampton Test
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help tackle retail crime in (a) Southampton and (b) nationally; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional powers to the police for
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonShop theft is at a record high, police recorded crime for shoplifting in Southampton Community Partnership area saw an increase of (43%) in the latest year and a higher increase than in England and Wales as a whole (29%).This Government is taking strong a...
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