Apr. 17 2024
Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 11 March 2024 to 3 April 2024Found: (retail trade) • Retail manager • Shop manager (charitable organisation) • Wholesale manager
Written Evidence Apr. 17 2024
Inquiry: Violence and abuse towards retail workersFound: VTR0038 - Violence and abuse towards retail workers British Retail Consortium Written Evidence
Apr. 16 2024
Source Page: UK Government to tackle global financial corruptionFound: the average level of violence across African countries during the period 1997–2010 (Berman et al., 2017
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, whether he has had recent discussions with the police on taking steps to help tackle shoplifting in rural areas.
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 32% in the 12 months to September 2023. Statistics also show the number of people charged with shoplifting offences has risen by 34% in the year ending September 2023, showing that police are taking action.
We have recently taken significant steps to improve the police response to retail crime, including shoplifting.
In October 2023, the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) published the 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.
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:
This builds on the police-led Retail Crime Action Plan.
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.
Mentions:
1: James Cleverly (Con - Braintree) , the Business and Trade Secretary and many others in the Government—of being open and welcoming. - Speech Link
2: Debbie Abrahams (Lab - Oldham East and Saddleworth) such appalling crimes? - Speech Link
3: James Cleverly (Con - Braintree) put in place a specific criminal offence of assault against a retail worker. - Speech Link
4: Feryal Clark (Lab - Enfield North) against retail workers, continuing a pattern of years of failing to address this issue while such violence - Speech Link
5: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) for that miserable trade. - Speech Link
Apr. 15 2024
Source Page: I. Fighting retail crime: more action April 2024. 23p. II. Letter dated 10/04/2024 from James Cleverly MP to Diana Johnson MP regarding publication of the Government’s plan to tackle retail crime. 2p.Found: Fighting retail crime: more action April 2024. 23p. II.
Mentions:
1: None , in particular trade secrets, and maintaining the security of their service.” - Speech Link
2: Lord Bethell (Con - Excepted Hereditary) In other walks of life, such as the finance and retail sectors, there are open platforms where regulators - Speech Link
3: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) violence the Government regard as most likely to occur in the future. - Speech Link
4: None The aim of the amendments, which have been proposed by the British Retail Consortium, is to improve the - Speech Link
Asked by: Jessica Morden (Labour - Newport East)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) Cabinet colleagues, (b) police forces and (c) businesses in Wales on the incidence of shop theft in Wales.
Answered by David T C Davies - Secretary of State for Wales
The UK Government continues to work closely with retail businesses, security representatives, trade associations and policing through the National Retail Crime Steering Group (NRCSG) to ensure the response to crimes, such as shoplifting, is as robust as it can be.
Police Recorded Crime figures show shoplifting offences increased by 32% in the 12 months leading to September 2023 in Wales and England. However, the number of people charged with shoplifting offences in the same period rose by 34%, suggesting that we are now seeing a more robust response.
We have also taken other significant steps to improve the police response to retail crime.
October 2023 saw the publication of the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s Retail Crime Action Plan. The plan includes a commitment 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, showing the Government commitment to tackling this issue. Additionally, where CCTV or other digital images are secured, police will run this through the Police National Database as standard using facial recognition technology to further aid efforts to identify prolific offenders or potentially dangerous individuals.
In addition, October 2023 also saw the launch of Pegasus, a unique private-public partnership that will radically improve the way retailers are able to share intelligence with policing to better understand the tactics used by organised retail crime gangs and identify more offenders. This will include development of a new information-sharing platform and training for retailers.
Apr. 12 2024
Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 10 April 2024 to 10 April 2024Found: trade) • Shop supervisor (retail trade) • Supervisor (retail, wholesale trade) £30,960 (£15.88
Apr. 12 2024
Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 10 April 2024 to 10 April 2024Found: trade) • Shop supervisor (retail trade) • Supervisor (retail, wholesale trade) £30,960 (£15.88