Written question asked by Max Wilkinson (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 5 November 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 12 November 2025 (named day). It was answered by Dan Jarvis (Labour) on Thursday, 13 November 2025 on behalf of the Home Office.
Fraud
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department collects on romance fraud.
- Answer
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The Home Office does not collect information on romance fraud. The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB), which sits within City of London Police, collects data on Dating Scam Fraud. This is collected from the reports made to Action Fraud that amounted to a crime under the Home Office crime recording rules.
The table below summarises the number of dating scams recorded by NFIB on 1D dating fraud offences.
2014/15
2019/20
2023/24
2024/25
Dating scam (NFIB1D)
2,735
5,541
8,388
9,296
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 88414
- Session
- 2024-26
- Grouped for answer
- Yes
- Subjects
- Fraud Private life
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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- 2025-11-14 11:41:05 +0000
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