Written Question·Home Office·UIN 111247
Retail Trade: Crime
Tabled: 5 February 2026
Answered: 11 February 2026
Question
Max Wilkinson
Liberal Democrat — Cheltenham
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's White Paper entitled From local to national: a new model for policing, published on 26 January 2026, whether the funding announced for Opal is an yearly increase on
Answer
Sarah JonesOpal is the National Policing Intelligence Unit for serious organised acquisitive crime. In 2023/4 and 2024/5, the Home Office provided £30,000 each year to help set up and run Pegasus which provides for a retail crime desk within Opal.The Home Office is ...
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