Question follow-through · 122611

Social Media: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in online-enabled fraud, including investment fraud involving deepfake content, since 2020.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
20 Mar 2026
Target answer date
24 Mar 2026
Answer
26 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in online-enabled fraud, including investment fraud involving deepfake content, since 2020.

  2. 24 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 26 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    Fraud and cybercrime are deeply interconnected. The Office of National Statistics estimates that in year ending March 2024, nearly half of all frauds were online-enabled.The government’s Fraud Strategy (2026-2029) sets out the latest trends and evolving d...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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