Question follow-through · 119654
Criminal Investigation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds data on instances in which police forces have declined to investigate alleged serious criminal offences, including fraud, money laundering or organised crime, on the groun
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 10 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 13 Apr 2026 · 34 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
10 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds data on instances in which police forces have declined to investigate alleged serious criminal offences, including fraud, money laundering or organised crime, on the groun
12 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Apr 2026
Answer published
Operational decisions on case investigations are matters for operationally independent police forces. The Home Office does not issue guidance directing police forces on whether individual cases should or should not be investigated.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Shoplifting
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