Written Question·Home Office·UIN 724
Shoplifting: Prosecutions
Tabled: 18 July 2024
Answered: 26 July 2024
Question
Alex Mayer
Labour — Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to help ensure that shoplifters who steal goods worth under £200 are charged.
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonPolice Recorded Crime figures showed 443,995 shoplifting offences for the year ending March 2024, an increase by 30% in the 12 months leading up to. Shoplifting continues to increase at an unacceptable level, with more and more offenders using violence an...
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