Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle serious organised freight crime.

Freight crime can have significant impacts on businesses and drivers.

We are working with the National Vehicle Crime Working Group, led by the National Police Chiefs’ Council, which has established a network of vehicle crime specialists, involving every police force in England and Wales, to help share information about emerging trends in vehicle crime and better tackle regional issues.

We are also continuing to work closely with Opal, the police’s national intelligence unit focused on serious organised acquisitive crime, which has multiple thematic desks, including a vehicle crime intelligence desk which covers freight crime.