Question follow-through · 81281
Electronic Funds Transfer: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the role of SIM farms in facilitating authorised push payment fraud; and what steps her Department is taking to help tack
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 13 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 22 Oct 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the role of SIM farms in facilitating authorised push payment fraud; and what steps her Department is taking to help tack
15 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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22 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Home Office recognises the serious role SIM farms play in enabling authorised push payment (APP) fraud, allowing criminals to send mass scam messages and impersonate trusted organisations.Following extensive consultation, the Government is introducing...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Fraud
2 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of trends in levels of fraud.