Question follow-through · 7505

Fraud: Consumers

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to (a) reduce and (b) prevent fraud against consumers.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
7 Oct 2024
Target answer date
14 Oct 2024
Answer
14 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to (a) reduce and (b) prevent fraud against consumers.

  2. 14 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    DBT supports broader government efforts to tackle fraud through its funding of Citizens Advice and National Trading Standards to advise on and enforce consumer law, including fraud.DBT is also implementing the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Ac...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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