Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what statistical data her Department collects on the reasons and underlying causes of shoplifting incidents reported to the police.

The Home Office collects and publishes data on incidents of shoplifting as part of the Commercial Victimisation survey, which was last published in May 2023 and is available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/crime-against-businesses-findings-from-the-2022-commercial-victimisation-survey

The department also collects data on the number of incidents of shoplifting which have been reported to the police, which was last published in July 2023 and is available at :

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/crime-outcomes-in-england-and-wales-2022-to-2023

Neither source provides information on reasons and underlying causes of shoplifting incidents.