Question follow-through · 120519
Bank Services: Fraud
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that banks respond more rapidly to reported fraud by freezing suspected scam accounts immediately pending investigation.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 12 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 20 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that banks respond more rapidly to reported fraud by freezing suspected scam accounts immediately pending investigation.
16 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Government takes the issue of fraud very seriously and is dedicated to protecting the public from this appalling crime.Financial institutions are required to maintain robust systems and controls to detect and prevent financial crime under the Money La...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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