Telecommunications Cables: Theft
(asked on 25th January 2018) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their latest assessment of the problem of cable theft in the UK’s communications industry.
Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
This question was answered on 6th February 2018
The Government works closely with industry on resilience issues which include understanding better the impact of cable theft on communications networks. In relation to cables that are made of, or contain metal, the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 provides a strong legislative basis for helping to prevent and tackle such theft by making it more difficult for criminals to dispose of stolen metal.