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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...