Written questions

Royal Mint: Fraud

Commons · Question 20572 · Tabled 17 Dec 2024 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 6 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Gregory Campbell

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2024 to Question 17516 on Royal Mint: Fraud, whether any of the fraudulent transactions were traceable to (a) people and (b) agencies based outside the United Kingdom.

Answer

Answered by Tulip Siddiq, 6 Jan 2025

The Royal Mint engaged the relevant law enforcement agencies as part of the fraud incident detailed in their Annual Report and Accounts for 2022-23. These investigations are confidential and as such, we cannot comment on whether the transactions were trac...