Written Question·Home Office·UIN 23972
Retail Trade: Crime
Tabled: 14 January 2025
Answered: 22 January 2025
Question
Liam Conlon
Labour — Beckenham 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 JohnsonIn 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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