Shoplifting: Convictions
(asked on 13th July 2015) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for changes in the number of convictions for shoplifting food in each of the last three years.
This question was answered on 16th July 2015
The total number of convictions for theft from shops has fallen steadily since 2010. These figures can be viewed at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/428937/outcomes-by-offence-tables.xlsx under 46 Theft from Shops. These figures do not show what percentage of these convictions related to theft of food.