Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 127413

Shoplifting: Reoffenders

Tabled: 15 April 2026

Question

Sir Iain Duncan Smith

ConservativeChingford and Woodford Green

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the proven reoffending rate is for the adult cohort convicted of shoplifting offences who had been given a suspended sentence or any other non-custodial sentence within the last five years.