Personation: Internet
Commons · Question 123611 · Tabled 25 Mar 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department collects on (a) digital impersonation of children and (b) other forms of online crime.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 13 Apr 2026
The Home Office collects data on online crime recorded by the police in England and Wales, which is published as official statistics each quarter by the Office for National Statistics. It is not possible to separate out incidents of digital impersonation ...