Found: , at the time, in retail work
Asked by: Sammy Wilson (Democratic Unionist Party - East Antrim)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s Retail Crime Action Plan.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
In October 2023, the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) published the Retail Crime Action Plan. Through this Plan, all police forces across England and Wales have committed to prioritise 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 are reasonable lines of enquiry, actionable evidence and the chance of identifying an offender, including shoplifting.
Early indications suggest that there has been improved police attendance at the retail crime incidents prioritised. This has been echoed by major retailers.
Though this is a welcome step from policing, we know more needs to be done. That’s why, on 10 April, we launched the Government’s plan – "Fighting retail crime: more action" which highlights five areas of work this Government will drive forward to tackle retail crime:
Apr. 30 2024
Source Page: Prime Minister's keynote speech at the Society of Editors 25th Anniversary Conference: 30 April 2024Found: We’re repealing Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act, which could stifle freedom of speech and threaten
Mentions:
1: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) regularly confiscate very large quantities of illegal tobacco, which we know are linked to organised crime - Speech Link
2: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) We know that organised crime networks are not linked to an individual area, so it stands to reason that - Speech Link
3: None I am from the British Retail Consortium. - Speech Link
4: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) Q What conversations has the British Retail Consortium had with local authorities? - Speech Link
5: Andrea Leadsom (Con - South Northamptonshire) It is a new challenge in the retail sector. - Speech Link
Found: entire UK tobacco market will be pushed underground and into the hands of criminals and organised crime
Found: , at the time, in retail work
Apr. 29 2024
Source Page: Recovered appeal: land south of Old Mill Road, Sandbach (ref: 3313892 - 29 April 2024)Found: a discount food store, petrol filling station, drive -through restaurant and coffee shop, offices, retail
Found: Consumer, retail or purchase fraud Victims pay in advance for goods or services that are never received
Mentions:
1: Luke Hall (Con - Thornbury and Yate) Crucially, the new interest rate is reduced from the retail prices index plus 3% to RPI plus 0%, which - Speech Link
2: Kerry McCarthy (Lab - Bristol East) the schools-based work of the Youth Endowment Fund on trying to stop young people getting involved in crime - Speech Link
Found: , at the time, in retail work