Written Question·Home Office·UIN 12030

Shoplifting: Criminal Investigation

Tabled: 31 October 2024
Answered: 7 November 2024

Question

Andrew Rosindell

Reform UK — Romford

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Metropolitan Police on investigating shoplifting offences where the value of goods stolen is less than £200.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
Shoplifting is a damaging crime, which soared under the previous government, and we are determined to remove any perception that offenders will escape punishment.To that end, this Government will end the effective immunity, introduced by the previous Gove...
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