Written questions

Financial Services: Fraud

Commons · Question 7121 · Tabled 5 Jun 2026 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 15 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Damian Hinds

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on the potential merits of building in safeguards against fraud in the development of account-to-account payment systems.

Answer

Answered by Rachel Blake, 15 Jun 2026

The Government takes the issue of fraud very seriously and is dedicated to protecting the public from this appalling crime. In the National Payments Vision, the Government set out its ambitions for a trusted, world-leading payments ecosystem delivered on ...