Metals: Theft

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has considered the potential merits of legislating to ensure that the (a) historic and (b) cultural value of heritage metal is considered in prosecutions for metal theft.

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1. 21 October 2025

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has considered the potential merits of legislating to ensure that the (a) historic and (b) cultural value of heritage metal is considered in prosecutions for metal theft.

   Source: Commons

2. 30 October 2025

   Answer

   This Government recognises the distress and disruption that heritage theft can cause to local communities.That is why the sentencing guidelines on theft were amended in 2016 to highlight that where theft is of heritage assets or causes disruption to infra...

   Source: Written answer

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