Question follow-through · 514

Report Fraud: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the review criteria by which Report Fraud make a decision on whether to refer the report of fraud to a police force to consider an investigation.

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 13 May 2026
Target answer date: 18 May 2026
Answer: 18 May 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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13 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the review criteria by which Report Fraud make a decision on whether to refer the report of fraud to a police force to consider an investigation.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
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18 May 2026
Answer published
Report Fraud is the new national reporting service for fraud and for cyber crime operated by City of London Police. Reports submitted to Report Fraud are considered by the service’s National Crime Analysis Service and evaluated to assess the information a...

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