Question follow-through · 21155
Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to raise awareness of (a) fraud and (b) fraud prevention.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 18 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 6 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 7 Jan 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to raise awareness of (a) fraud and (b) fraud prevention.
6 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Jan 2025
Answer published
This Government is committed to working with law enforcement, civil society and industry to better protect the public and businesses from this appalling crime.Frauds with a total financial loss of £2.4 billion were reported to Action Fraud between Novembe...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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