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Report Fraud

Commons · Question 9182 · Tabled 11 Jun 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 16 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Vikki Slade

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, (a) whether the amount of money that an individual loses as a victim of fraud is a criterion used to decide whether to take an incident reported to Report Fraud forward for investigation.

Answer

Answered by Sarah Jones, 16 Jun 2026

Reports submitted to Report Fraud are considered by the service’s National Crime Analysis Service and evaluated to assess the information available which could assist an investigation.Where there is enough evidence available and a viable lead, the case is...