High Streets Organised Crime Unit: Staffordshire
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the High Streets Organised Crime Unit on tackling crime in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and (b) Staffordshire.
Answered by Sarah Jones
Tackling high street criminality is a priority for this Government. It is for that reason that on 19 May the Government announced a £30 million crackdown targeting cash intensive business such as barber shops, vape stores, mini-marts and sweet shops operating on our high streets, over three years. This includes £20million in funding towards an enhanced law enforcement response and the creation of a new cross-government High Street Organised Crime Unit to tackle this threat.
The High Street Organised Crime Unit does not currently collect the data requested. It is working with partners to agree how to measure progress.
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