United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 104212
Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence
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8 January 2026
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15 January 2026 · Answer
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15 January 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the definition of assault of a retail worker to include workers in other high street outlets serving customers.
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8 January 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the definition of assault of a retail worker to include workers in other high street outlets serving customers.
Source: Commons
15 January 2026
Answer
Through our Crime and Policing Bill, this Government has introduced a new specific standalone offence of assaulting a retail worker to help tackle the epidemic of shop theft and violence towards shop workers that we have seen in recent years, and protect ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-01-08/104212
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1869536
- uk · wq-1869536 · source updated 15 January 2026