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Written question asked by Gareth Thomas (Labour) on Wednesday, 19 November 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 24 November 2025 (named day). It was answered by Dan Jarvis (Labour) on Tuesday, 25 November 2025 on behalf of the Home Office.


Discretionary Trusts

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of alleged trustee mismanagement of asset protection trusts were recorded in the last three years by Action Fraud in a) Scotland b) London c) Suffolk and d) In total.

Answer

The capturing of fraud reports is recorded in line with the Home Office Crime Counting Rules for fraud, which breaks fraud down into a range of codes. The information requested does not currently align to the crimes recorded in the Action Fraud data set.

The Home Office is working with City of London Police to replace Action Fraud with a new and improved national police reporting service for fraud and cybercrime. The new service will include capabilities to better track threat trends and enhanced search features for the report database.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
92511
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Action Fraud Discretionary trusts
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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