Written questions

Personal Care Services: Money Laundering

Commons · Question 51354 · Tabled 12 May 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 15 May 2025

Question

Asked by Dame Caroline Dinenage

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the annual value of money laundering operations conducted through businesses presenting as Turkish barber shops; what proportion this represents of total estim

Answer

Answered by Dan Jarvis, 15 May 2025

The National Crime Agency estimates that over £12bn in criminal cash is generated each year in the UK and the Government recognises that cash intensive businesses that are exploited by criminals such as barber shops, can contribute to this.Addressing cash...