questionText: 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 were attended to by the police in the last 12 months.
answerText: 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...
heading: Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence