Question follow-through · 23513

Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle financial scams.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
13 Jan 2025
Target answer date
15 Jan 2025
Answer
21 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle financial scams.

  2. 15 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    We are committed to working with law enforcement, industry, civil society and international partners to tackle financial scams. This includes blocking fraud at its source, disrupting it before it reaches the public, and providing preventative advice and s...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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