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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has plans to review the approach taken in handling reported incidents of romance fraud to the Police.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has plans to review the approach taken in handling reported incidents of romance fraud to the Police.
Romance fraud is an issue this Government takes incredibly seriously; we recognise that it is a particularly devastating crime, that can leave victims facing financial loss and emotional distress.
The most recently available data on romance fraud comes from Action Fraud (the predecessor to Report Fraud). Of the 321,025 reports to Action Fraud in the year ending September 2025, 3% (10,393) were categorised as Dating Scams.
The Home Office and Office for National Statistics (ONS) have agreed that while City of London Police (CoLP) are transitioning to the new Report Fraud system, they will temporarily suspend their supply of recorded fraud data to the ONS. This is to enable CoLP to give priority to aligning the legacy Action Fraud data against Report Fraud to ensure consistency.
A primary focus of the Government’s response to this issue, outlined in the recently published Fraud Strategy, is ensuring that where fraud occurs, victims are recognised and supported, and law enforcement is empowered to respond.
We have committed to publishing a Fraud Victim Charter by the end of 2027, which will set national standards for the level of service every victim should receive, including response times, minimum standards of care, and clear communication pathways.
Steps are also being taken to ensure law enforcement have the tools, training and experience to fully investigate each crime.
The new Report Fraud service will provide police with better quality intelligence from public reports of fraud to support investigations and bring fraudsters to justice.
We will assess wider police performance on fraud investigations and victim care regularly through His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services Police Efficiency Effectiveness and Legitimacy (PEEL) inspections, improving consistency and standards for investigations and victim care. We have also committed to providing a clearer training framework, including new courses to upskill officers in fraud investigations and victim support.
In the longer term, we will transfer overall responsibility for fraud into the new National Police Service (NPS), as part of the wider Police Reform programme, to ensure a stronger and more streamlined police response with clearer roles and more effective tasking.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of incidents reported to Report Fraud have been categorised as Romance Fraud.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of incidents reported to Report Fraud have been categorised as Romance Fraud.
Romance fraud is an issue this Government takes incredibly seriously; we recognise that it is a particularly devastating crime, that can leave victims facing financial loss and emotional distress.
The most recently available data on romance fraud comes from Action Fraud (the predecessor to Report Fraud). Of the 321,025 reports to Action Fraud in the year ending September 2025, 3% (10,393) were categorised as Dating Scams.
The Home Office and Office for National Statistics (ONS) have agreed that while City of London Police (CoLP) are transitioning to the new Report Fraud system, they will temporarily suspend their supply of recorded fraud data to the ONS. This is to enable CoLP to give priority to aligning the legacy Action Fraud data against Report Fraud to ensure consistency.
A primary focus of the Government’s response to this issue, outlined in the recently published Fraud Strategy, is ensuring that where fraud occurs, victims are recognised and supported, and law enforcement is empowered to respond.
We have committed to publishing a Fraud Victim Charter by the end of 2027, which will set national standards for the level of service every victim should receive, including response times, minimum standards of care, and clear communication pathways.
Steps are also being taken to ensure law enforcement have the tools, training and experience to fully investigate each crime.
The new Report Fraud service will provide police with better quality intelligence from public reports of fraud to support investigations and bring fraudsters to justice.
We will assess wider police performance on fraud investigations and victim care regularly through His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services Police Efficiency Effectiveness and Legitimacy (PEEL) inspections, improving consistency and standards for investigations and victim care. We have also committed to providing a clearer training framework, including new courses to upskill officers in fraud investigations and victim support.
In the longer term, we will transfer overall responsibility for fraud into the new National Police Service (NPS), as part of the wider Police Reform programme, to ensure a stronger and more streamlined police response with clearer roles and more effective tasking.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve police responsiveness and investigative outcomes for victims of romance fraud.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve police responsiveness and investigative outcomes for victims of romance fraud.
The Government published the Fraud Strategy 2026-2029 on 9 March. This includes targeted measures to improve police responsiveness and investigative outcomes for all forms of fraud.
The strategy launched the Online Crime Centre (OCC), backed by over £30million of Government investment. The OCC will unite UK policing, the UK Intelligence Community alongside private sector partners from the financial, telecoms, technology and cyber industries to disrupt fraud at scale including romance fraud.
Report Fraud, the new, streamlined reporting service, which launched publicly in January, improves the service for victims of fraud and provides better intelligence for police. The strategy also highlighted the measurement of police performance through the PEEL inspection programme.
We will transfer overall responsibility for fraud into the new National Police Service, as part of the wider Police Reforms to ensure a stronger and more streamlined police response.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of Dating Scam Fraud were reported in 2025; and what the financial loss was.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of Dating Scam Fraud were reported in 2025; and what the financial loss was.
The Home Office does not collect information on Dating Scam Fraud. City of London Police are the national lead force for fraud and operate the Report Fraud (formerly Action Fraud) reporting service which collects data on Dating Scam Fraud. The below data was collected from the reports made to Action Fraud (now Report Fraud) that amounted to a crime under the Home Office crime recording rules.
In the first 10 months of 2025, there were 9,305 dating scam reports to Action Fraud (now ‘Report Fraud’). Losses for these reports totalled £90.9m. Source: Report Fraud Analysis Services (Public)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many National Fraud Intelligence Bureau 1D dating scam offences were recorded in the (a) 2024-25, (b) 2023-24. (c) 2019-20 and (d) 2014-15 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many National Fraud Intelligence Bureau 1D dating scam offences were recorded in the (a) 2024-25, (b) 2023-24. (c) 2019-20 and (d) 2014-15 financial year.
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 |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department collects on romance fraud.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department collects on romance fraud.
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 |
What effect does the European Convention on Human Rights – in particular Article 8 ECHR on family life – have on the UK's immigration system?
What effect does the European Convention on Human Rights – in particular Article 8 ECHR on family life – have on the UK's immigration system?
Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?
Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?
I give way to another fellow member of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
I give way to another fellow member of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
The right hon. Gentleman is right to highlight the Committee’s repeated requests to meet Lord Mandelson before his appointment. He also raises the various responses that we got from the Foreign Secretary. The important fact that there were questions about the suitability of the appointment means that there must also...
The right hon. Gentleman is right to highlight the Committee’s repeated requests to meet Lord Mandelson before his appointment. He also raises the various responses that we got from the Foreign Secretary. The important fact that there were questions about the suitability of the appointment means that there must also...
The hon. Gentleman asks valid questions. We need to have the answers to them all. I know that he will join me in urging the Foreign Affairs Committee to continue pressing this case. It may well be that another body—perhaps the Liaison Committee, which has the opportunity to interrogate the...
The hon. Gentleman asks valid questions. We need to have the answers to them all. I know that he will join me in urging the Foreign Affairs Committee to continue pressing this case. It may well be that another body—perhaps the Liaison Committee, which has the opportunity to interrogate the...
I congratulate the right hon. Member for Goole and Pocklington (David Davis) on securing this debate. Like everyone in the Chamber, my thoughts are first and foremost with the victims of that dreadful man whose name I refuse to mention.
A week is a long time in politics. Last week, we...
I congratulate the right hon. Member for Goole and Pocklington (David Davis) on securing this debate. Like everyone in the Chamber, my thoughts are first and foremost with the victims of that dreadful man whose name I refuse to mention.
A week is a long time in politics. Last week, we...
When I heard that this debate had been granted, I thought long and hard about what I could add and whether I should even take part. Many of the questions that spring to mind about the process—where, when, why, how and so on—have already been asked far more eloquently and...
When I heard that this debate had been granted, I thought long and hard about what I could add and whether I should even take part. Many of the questions that spring to mind about the process—where, when, why, how and so on—have already been asked far more eloquently and...
Does my hon. Friend agree it is a vital point that if our right hon. Friend the Leader of the Opposition had not taken down the Prime Minister step by step last week, we may have gone into a recess with this scrutiny still not happening?
Does my hon. Friend agree it is a vital point that if our right hon. Friend the Leader of the Opposition had not taken down the Prime Minister step by step last week, we may have gone into a recess with this scrutiny still not happening?
My right hon. Friend is spot on. Respect should be given to the many people who have raised concerns, including the Leader of the Opposition, many in the media and many Back Benchers on both sides of the House.
This is my primary point: the Prime Minister said he wanted to...
My right hon. Friend is spot on. Respect should be given to the many people who have raised concerns, including the Leader of the Opposition, many in the media and many Back Benchers on both sides of the House.
This is my primary point: the Prime Minister said he wanted to...
The point keeps being raised about the three-week gap that is coming, but the reality is that key Select Committees can continue to investigate this issue through the recess, which they should, and could call the Prime Minister to give evidence, so that we do not wait three weeks, with...
The point keeps being raised about the three-week gap that is coming, but the reality is that key Select Committees can continue to investigate this issue through the recess, which they should, and could call the Prime Minister to give evidence, so that we do not wait three weeks, with...
My right hon. Friend is spot on.
The Prime Minister said he would do things differently. If he wants to show leadership, he could come to the Dispatch Box himself. I have a huge amount of respect for the Minister who will have to defend this situation, but he is not...
My right hon. Friend is spot on.
The Prime Minister said he would do things differently. If he wants to show leadership, he could come to the Dispatch Box himself. I have a huge amount of respect for the Minister who will have to defend this situation, but he is not...
The reality is that the Prime Minister personally decided to appoint Lord Mandelson as the ambassador to the United States, and in so doing, he has humiliated and embarrassed this nation on the international stage, because Lord Mandelson is someone who described himself as the “best pal” of a paedophile...
The reality is that the Prime Minister personally decided to appoint Lord Mandelson as the ambassador to the United States, and in so doing, he has humiliated and embarrassed this nation on the international stage, because Lord Mandelson is someone who described himself as the “best pal” of a paedophile...
On rare moments, Members on both sides of the House come to the Chamber with the same question on their minds: how did it get to this? The Prime Minister is proud of his record as Director of Public Prosecutions and of his skill to prosecute, interrogate and investigate—skills that...
On rare moments, Members on both sides of the House come to the Chamber with the same question on their minds: how did it get to this? The Prime Minister is proud of his record as Director of Public Prosecutions and of his skill to prosecute, interrogate and investigate—skills that...