(Con):...That
response was published in July last year and it increased our
understanding of the problems faced by retail workers. A
programme of work has been under way through the National Retail
Crime Steering Group, which the Minister for Crime and Policing
co-chairs with the British Retail Consortium. The steering group
brings together the Government, retailers, unions and trade
associations, the Association of Police and
Crime Commissioners and the police-led National
Business Crime Centre to make sure that the response to retail
crime is as robust as it can be, as well as ensuring that key
crime drivers, including substance misuse, are comprehensively
considered. I hope that goes to the point made by the noble
Baroness, Lady Jolly. It has been and continues to be an
important forum for discussions on the causes of violence and
abuse in the retail sector and for working together to find
solutions and provide support to retailers...
of Tredegar (Con):...The way
we fund restorative justice is that my department provides
funding to Police and Crime
Commissioners and the grant agreement in place
requires the PCCs to provide or commission a
wide range of local support services for victims, including
restorative justice services. It requires PCCs
to report to my department every six months on the delivery of
the funding, which we monitor closely. As elected officials, the
PCCs are accountable to voters. In the 2020-21
year, they spent £3.7 million from the funding we provided on
restorative justice services.
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