Question follow-through · 5484
Telephone Services: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will take steps to require telecommunications providers to bear financial responsibility for losses arising from scam and spoofed telephone calls to improve accountability under
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 1 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 4 Jun 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will take steps to require telecommunications providers to bear financial responsibility for losses arising from scam and spoofed telephone calls to improve accountability under
4 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Government has no plans to require telecommunications providers to bear financial responsibility for losses arising from scam and spoofed telephone calls.Tackling fraud and pursuing the criminals behind it is a priority for the Government. We are work...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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