Fraud
Commons · Question 119882 · Tabled 11 Mar 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in cyber-enabled fraud in the last three years.
Answer
Answered by Dan Jarvis, 18 Mar 2026
Using the latest data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales, the survey estimates that 42% of fraud was cyber enabled in the year ending March 2023, rising to 48% in the year ending March 2024. However, this is likely to be an underestimate. The sur...