questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people with five or more previous convictions were convicted of shoplifting and avoided a custodial sentence in the last 12 months.
answerText: This Government takes prolific offending extremely seriously and we are determined to ensure that the criminal justice system has the right tools to deal with them. We are expanding the availability of Intensive Supervision Courts to tackle the causes of ...
heading: Shoplifting: Reoffenders