Written Question·Home Office·UIN 69215

Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence

Tabled: 21 July 2025

Answered: 3 September 2025

Question

Dan Norris

Independent — North East Somerset and Hanham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to help prevent violence against retail workers.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson

Under the previous Government, violence and abuse towards retail workers increased to unacceptable levels. We will not stand for this. Everybody has a right to feel safe at their place of work and we have long championed specific protections for retail wo...

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