Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 52670

Shoplifting: Sentencing

Tabled: 15 May 2025

Answered: 22 May 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UK — Ashfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to increase the length of sentences for shoplifting.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin

Sentencing in individual cases is a matter for the courts, and the courts have a range of sentencing powers to deal with each offender effectively and appropriately, including discharges, fines, community sentences, suspended sentences and imprisonment.Th...

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