Nuisance Calls: Older People
Commons · Question 5000 · Tabled 29 May 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 4 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by James McMurdock
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with Action Fraud regarding trends in scam calls targeting (a) elderly and (b) vulnerable people.
Answer
Answered by Dan Jarvis, 4 Jun 2026
The Home Office engages regularly with Report Fraud (the replacement service for Action Fraud) on trends in fraud and scam activity. Report Fraud does not currently publish data disaggregated specifically by scam calls as a distinct fraud type targeting e...