Written question asked by Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party) on Tuesday, 2 April 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 April 2019 (named day). It was answered by Kelly Tolhurst (Conservative) on Monday, 8 April 2019 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Consumers: Protection

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will ensure that the Friends against Scams training tools and workshops operated under National Trading Standards are offered to people throughout the United Kingdom.

Answer: Friends Against Scams is a National Trading Standards (NTS) Scams Team initiative, which aims to protect people from becoming victims of scams by empowering communities to "Take a Stand Against Scams". The team works closely with local Trading Standards Services in all areas of the UK to disseminate Friends Against Scams training into local communities. The team also works with national and local organisations that have pledged their support to the initiative across the UK. Online training and free access to materials are widely available for anyone to use across the UK on the Friends Against Scams website, and more than 200,000 ‘friends’ have been trained.

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