Written Question·Home Office·UIN 13902

Shoplifting: Finance

Tabled: 12 November 2024

Answered: 20 November 2024

Question

Alex Mayer

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how her Department plans to allocate the funding to tackle shoplifting announced in the Autumn Budget 2024.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson

Shop theft is at a record high. This Government is taking strong action by removing the threshold for shop theft under £200 and making it a specific criminal offence for assaults on shopworkers.As announced in the Autumn Budget, and building on current Ho...

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