<p>The Scrap Metal Dealers Act (2013) was introduced to reduce metal theft by strengthening regulation of the scrap metal industry.</p><p>The most recent assessment of the cost of metal theft was at the time of the 2013 Act’s enactment with an estimated cost of £228 million in England and Wales.</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1064996%2FAnnex_A_20220114_Scrap_Metal_Dealers_PIR_FINAL_FOR_PUBLICATION.pdf&data=05%7C01%7CKhadijah.Ishaq%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ce3e445c6675a49b0563708db44d38ff7%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638179447666196114%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=fQ%2F6S9%2BvkqNhqR3hPphj2vmnnCanSlvgdQQq3w7x3W8%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p>