Written Question·Home Office·UIN 54126

Retail Trade: Crime

Tabled: 21 May 2025

Answered: 6 June 2025

Question

Liam Conlon

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle (a) shoplifting and (b) violence against shopworkers (i) in Beckenham and Penge constituency and (ii) nationally.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson

This Government is committed to tackling retail crime and is absolutely clear that everybody has a right to feel safe at their place of work. Through our Crime and Policing Bill, we have introduced a standalone offence of assaulting a retail worker to pro...

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