Question follow-through · 75847

Retail Trade: Money Laundering

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the use of cash intensive businesses for money laundering.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
8 Sept 2025
Target answer date
10 Sept 2025
Answer
1 Oct 2025 · 23 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the use of cash intensive businesses for money laundering.

  2. 10 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 1 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    Cash intensive businesses can be exploited by criminals who seek to launder their cash enabling them to profit from their illegal activities. Under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, law enforcement may seize cash of £1,000 or more if they reasonably suspect...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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