Written Question·Home Office·UIN 23972

Retail Trade: Crime

Tabled: 14 January 2025
Answered: 22 January 2025

Question

Liam Conlon

LabourBeckenham and Penge

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle (a) shoplifting, (b) retail crime and (c) crime and violence against shop workers in Beckenham and Penge constituency.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
In the last year of the previous government shoplifting soared to a twenty-year high, with more and more offenders using violence and abuse against shopworkers. We will not stand for this. Everybody has a right to feel safe on the job.This Government will...

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