Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in cyber-enabled fraud in the last three years.

Using the latest data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales, the survey estimates that 42% of fraud was cyber enabled in the year ending March 2023, rising to 48% in the year ending March 2024. However, this is likely to be an underestimate. The survey relies on victims self identifying whether the fraud they experienced involved any online or cyber element, and many victims may be unaware of how the offence was committed.

To tackle the levels of fraud in the UK, the Government launched a new Fraud Strategy on 9^th March which will focus on disrupting fraud before it reaches a target, safeguarding individuals and businesses by building resilience and responding with victim support and justice.