Written Question·Home Office·UIN 80866

Retail Trade: Crimes against the Person

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Mr Peter Bedford

ConservativeMid Leicestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the consistent implementation of the Retail Crime Action Plan across police forces, in the context of recent trends in levels of violence and abuse agains

Answer

Sarah Jones
The government is supporting a new strategy, Tackling Retail Crime Together, published by policing, retail sector representatives and industry as part of collective efforts to combat shop theft. The strategy builds on previous progress made by police and ...

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