Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has plans to (a) participate and (b) organise events for Respect for Shopworkers' Week.

We are aware of the annual Respect for Shopworkers Week which is organised by the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers. We have no plans to organise any specific events during the next Respect Week. However, we are working with the retail sector and the police, through the National Retail Crime Steering Group, to explore what more can be done to tackle violence and abuse against retail staff. The Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers is represented on the Steering Group and contributes to its work.