Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to help prevent the illegal sale of devices to hack vehicles' Bluetooth devices and access people's personal mobile phone data.

The Government is committed to tackling vehicle crime.

We are working closely with police and motor manufacturers through the National Vehicle Crime Working Group, chaired by ACC Jennifer Sims, the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for vehicle crime, to take forward a programme of work to prevent and reduce vehicle crime.

A vehicle crime intelligence group has been set up to monitor emerging trends in vehicle crime, such as devices used to steal vehicles and ways in which criminals can exploit new vehicle technology. This group provides a link between the Home Office, police, vehicle manufacturers and Thatcham Research, the automotive insurer’s research centre.