Written Question·Home Office·UIN 18829

Wholesale Trade: Crimes of Violence

Tabled: 9 December 2024
Answered: 17 December 2024

Question

Paul Davies

LabourColne Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the levels of wholesale crime.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
Shop theft continues to increase at an unacceptable level with more and more offenders using violence and abuse against shopworkers to do this. Everybody has a right to feel safe on the job and this Government is committed to taking retail crime seriously...

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