Question follow-through · 59536

India: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to prevent criminals in India from scamming UK citizens.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 12 Jun 2025
Target answer date: 19 Jun 2025
Answer: 19 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

12 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to prevent criminals in India from scamming UK citizens.
19 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Jun 2025
Answer published
With over 70% of fraud estimated to have an overseas element, international collaboration is a vital part of the Government’s work to protect UK citizens from that threat.The UK is driving global action on tackling fraud, working with individual countries...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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