questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people convicted of shoplifting in the last five years have subsequently been convicted of the same offence.
answerText: My right hon. Friend, the Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire, has been clear that the Police must take a zero-tolerance approach to shoplifting. Violence against a retail worker is unacceptable, which is why we have made it an aggravating offe...
heading: Shoplifting: Convictions