Written Question·Home Office·UIN 13342
Shoplifting: Prosecutions
Tabled: 8 November 2024
Answered: 18 November 2024
Question
Rupert Lowe
Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of reported retail thefts have resulted in a charge in each of the last five years.
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonThe Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of shoplifting offences and their investigative outcomes recorded by the police in England and Wales on a quarterly basis.The proportion of shoplifting offences which resulted in a “Charge/S...
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