Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Burglary Taskforce has met since its first meeting on 29 April 2019.
Members of the Burglary Taskforce met on 28 June to review progress on the actions agreed at the meeting on 29 April. A further meeting of the Taskforce is planned to take place before the end of the year.
On 1 October the Home Secretary announced a £25 million Safer Streets Fund aimed at preventing acquisitive crime, including residential burglary, in areas disproportionately affected by these crimes.