Written Question·Home Office·UIN 87553

Tools: Theft

Tabled: 3 November 2025
Answered: 11 November 2025

Question

Victoria Collins

Liberal DemocratHarpenden and Berkhamsted

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to extend the Equipment Theft (Prevention) Act 2023 to include tradespeople’s power tools.

Answer

Sarah Jones
The Government is currently bringing forward legislative proposals to extend the Equipment Theft (Prevention) Act 2023 to include tradespeople’s power tools. As set out in the recently published Government Response to the Call for Evidence on the scope of...

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