Question follow-through · 80403
Bounce Back Loan Scheme: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2025 to Question 76154 on Bounce Back Loan Scheme: Fraud, for what reason his Department's contract with the National Investigation Service to investigate Covid-1
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 10 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 20 Oct 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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- Iron and Steel: Import Duties · 28 Apr 2026
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Recorded timeline
10 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2025 to Question 76154 on Bounce Back Loan Scheme: Fraud, for what reason his Department's contract with the National Investigation Service to investigate Covid-1
14 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Oct 2025
Answer published
The contract with Thurrock for the services of the National Investigation Service (NATIS) was renewed under the previous government on 1 April 2024 to continue service delivery.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Department for Business and Trade: National Investigation Service
16 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many internal meetings his Department held on the National Investigation Service between January 2020 and December 2022.
Coronavirus: Fraud
17 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department holds a copy of the contract for the National Investigation Service to investigate COVID-19 Bounce Back Loan fraud nationwide of September 2020 that was signed by both the Depart
National Investigation Service: Audit
17 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2025 to Question 76468 on National Investigation Service: Audit, if he will publish the report into NATIS conducted by the Public Sector Fraud Authority; and what
National Investigation Service: Powers
17 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, under what powers the National Investigation Service was able to seize and forfeit money.
Iron and Steel: Import Duties
28 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Government's decision to limit tariff-free steel imports on the price of carbon or alloy steel - not produced in the UK - for UK manufacturers