Question follow-through · 122609
Social Media: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what information her Department holds on the number of fraudulent or scam adverts on social media websites targeted at UK consumers in each year since 2020.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 20 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 24 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 2 Apr 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
20 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what information her Department holds on the number of fraudulent or scam adverts on social media websites targeted at UK consumers in each year since 2020.
24 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology does not hold data relating to the number of fraudulent or scam adverts on social media or other regulated services.There are mechanisms in the Online Safety Act that allow Ofcom to collect information...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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