Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has she made of trends in the level of fuel theft since March 2022.

The Government is working closely with police and industry partners to do everything we can collectively to drive down acquisitive crime, including theft of fuel. There are no official figures on the theft of fuel since March 2022..

The Home Office funded the set-up of the National Infrastructure Crime Reduction Partnership (NICRP), which ensures national co-ordination of policing and law enforcement partners to tackle crime affecting infrastructure companies including rail networks, utility, agricultural and construction companies. Fuel theft is a concern and reports are being mapped and monitored through this Partnership to provide insights on the scale of these thefts and potential preventative measures.

Fuel users storing fuel in tanks or in vehicles and machinery on their site(s) should continue to take steps to ensure this is stored securely. Practical crime prevention advice is published on the Secured by Design website, developed by the Police Crime Prevention Initiatives: https://www.securedbydesign.com/guidance/crime-prevention-advice/fuel-theft.