Written Question·Home Office·UIN 111248

Retail Trade: Crime

Tabled: 5 February 2026

Answered: 11 February 2026

Question

Max Wilkinson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been allocated to Opal in the National Policing Intelligence Unit in each year since 2021.

Answer

Sarah Jones

Opal 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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