United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 23972
Retail Trade: Crime
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14 January 2025
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22 January 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle (a) shoplifting, (b) retail crime and (c) crime and violence against shop workers in Beckenham and Penge constituency.
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14 January 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle (a) shoplifting, (b) retail crime and (c) crime and violence against shop workers in Beckenham and Penge constituency.
Source: Commons
22 January 2025
Answer
In the last year of the previous government shoplifting soared to a twenty-year high, with more and more offenders using violence and abuse against shopworkers. We will not stand for this. Everybody has a right to feel safe on the job.This Government will...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-01-14/23972
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1755543
- uk · wq-1755543 · source updated 22 January 2025