Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the theft of mobile phones.

Set against soaring levels of snatch thefts and pickpocketing, crimes which commonly involve the theft of mobile phones, we have announced a Home Office Mobile Phone Theft Summit, drawing together tech companies and law enforcement to see what more can collectively be done to break the business model of mobile phone thieves.

As part of our Safer Streets Mission, this government is determined to crack down on theft and other crimes that make people feel unsafe in our communities, including strengthening neighbourhood policing, tackling anti-social behaviour and restoring public confidence.

Through our Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee, there will be thousands of additional police officers, police community support officers and Special Constables.