United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 84129
Metals: Theft
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21 October 2025
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29 October 2025 · Answer
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29 October 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of making training on the theft of heritage metal a mandatory requirement for acquiring a scrap metal dealer licence.
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21 October 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of making training on the theft of heritage metal a mandatory requirement for acquiring a scrap metal dealer licence.
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29 October 2025
Answer
This Government recognises the distress and disruption that heritage theft can cause to local communities. The Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 was introduced to reduce metal theft by strengthening regulation of the scrap metal industry. The Act requires scra...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-10-21/84129
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1843661
- uk · wq-1843661 · source updated 29 October 2025