Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of using existing powers under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 to tackle shop theft including (a) the Community Trigger, and (b) Community Remedy; and if he will make a statement.
Where shop theft involves anti-social behaviour, local areas in England and Wales may use the tools provided for by the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. Where appropriate, this may include the Community Remedy, which gives victims of low-level crime and anti-social behaviour a say in the punishment of perpetrators who receive an out of court punishment, and the Community Trigger, which gives victims of persistent anti-social behaviour the ability to request a formal case review.