Written Question·Home Office·UIN 724

Shoplifting: Prosecutions

Tabled: 18 July 2024
Answered: 26 July 2024

Question

Alex Mayer

LabourDunstable 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 Johnson
Police 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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