Formal Minutes May. 29 2024
Committee: Petitions CommitteeFound: Formal Minutes 2023-24: List of closed petitions Formal Minutes
May. 22 2024
Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 11 April 2024 to 15 May 2024Found: • Section manager (retail trade) • Shop supervisor (retail trade) • Supervisor (retail, wholesale
Mentions:
1: Lennon, Monica (Lab - Central Scotland) something that I have looked at through my research on ecocide, which is looking at much higher-level crimes - Speech Link
2: Lennon, Monica (Lab - Central Scotland) It is important that we have a culture of zero tolerance of violence against any worker, but people who - Speech Link
3: Martin, Gillian (SNP - Aberdeenshire East) also point out how seriously we take violence against waste staff. - Speech Link
4: Lennon, Monica (Lab - Central Scotland) Recently, senior figures in the trade union movement have cast a lot of doubt on whether we are on track - Speech Link
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to reduce shoplifting in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) the East Midlands.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Government recognises the significant impact shoplifting has on businesses, communities and consumers. The Crime Survey for England and Wales shows neighbourhood crime is down 48% compared to findings from the year ending March 2010.
However, Police Recorded Crime figures show shoplifting offences increased by 37% in the 12 months to December 2023. Statistics also show the number of people charged with shoplifting offences has risen by 46% in the year ending December 2023, showing that police are taking action.
We have recently taken significant steps nationally to improve the police response to retail crime, including shoplifting, and these are being implemented in all police forces across England and Wales.
The Government’s plan – "Fighting retail crime: more action" was launched on 10 April, which highlights five areas of work this Government will drive forward to tackle retail crime:
We will bring forward legislative changes to introduce a presumption towards electronic monitoring as part of a sentence served in the community for those who repeatedly steal from shops. This legislative change will provide that on the third sentencing occasion, an offender would be electronically monitored as part of any community sentence or post-release for the duration of any licence period.
The Government’s plan builds on the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s (NPCC) Retail Crime Action Plan. Through this Plan, all forces across England and Wales have committed to prioritise police attendance at the scene where violence has been used towards shop staff, where an offender has been detained by store security, and where evidence needs to be secured and can only be done by police personnel. Additionally, where CCTV or other digital images are secured, police will run this through the Police National Database to aid efforts to identify prolific offenders or potentially dangerous individuals.
This builds on the NPCC commitment that police forces across England and Wales will follow up all crimes where there is actionable evidence and the chance of identifying an offender, including shoplifting.
October also saw the launch of Pegasus, a unique private-public partnership, which involves retailers providing data, intelligence and evidence to Opal, the national police intelligence unit on organised acquisitive crime, to develop a better strategic picture and help forces crack down on serious offenders.
We are continuing to work closely with retail businesses, security representatives, trade associations and policing through the National Retail Crime Steering Group (NRCSG), which meets on a quarterly basis, to ensure the response to retail crime, including shoplifting, is as robust as it can be.
May. 16 2024
Source Page: Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: December 2023Found: , with intent to cause fear of violence (Group I)IOPossession of weapons10A Possession of firearms with
Found: Consideration of Bill Amendments as at 15 May 2024
Written Evidence May. 14 2024
Inquiry: Modern Slavery Act 2015Found: young daughter to gender-based violence.
Found: Notices of Amendments as at 14 May 2024 - large print
Found: Notices of Amendments as at 14 May 2024
Found: Notices of Amendments as at 13 May 2024