To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of cases of physical assault against (a) retail staff and (b) members of the public in a retail outlet led to a prosecution in the last 12 months.
Retail crime of any form, including violence and abuse, is not acceptable, and the Government takes this issue very seriously.The Government has legislated to introduce a statutory aggravating factor for assault against any public facing worker via sectio...
Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence