Mobile Phones: Fraud
Commons · Question 21179 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · Official record
Answered 8 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Alberto Costa
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to improve the accountability of mobile network operators where people are victims of fraud.
Answer
Answered by Ian Murray, 8 Sep 2026
Tackling fraud is a priority for this Government. My Department works closely with Ofcom, the telecoms industry and law enforcement to strengthen operators’ counter-fraud measures. Ofcom has introduced requirements to disrupt the criminal use of telephone...