Written Question·Home Office·UIN 9309

Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence

Tabled: 15 October 2024

Answered: 23 October 2024

Question

Amanda Hack

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to protect retail staff from (a) intimidation and (b) assault.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson

Shoplifting has increased at an unacceptable level in recent yeara, with more and more offenders using violence and abuse against shopworkers to do this. We will not stand for it.This Government will introduce a new offence of assaulting a retail worker t...

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