Question follow-through · 16162

Fraud: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of online fraud in the last 12 months.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
26 Nov 2024
Target answer date
28 Nov 2024
Answer
2 Dec 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of online fraud in the last 12 months.

  2. 28 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    The Ministry of Justice publishes data on convictions for a wide range of offences, including fraud up to and including June 2024 in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Crimina...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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