HC Deb 02 July 2002 vol 388 cc262-3W
Bob Spink

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the annual cost of retail crime to(a) business, (b) local authorities and (c) the police has been in the past three years. [54564]

Mr. Denham

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Weston-Super-Mare (Brian Cotter) on 14 May 2002, Official Report, column 606W.