Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help enable (a) ActionFraud and (b) other bodies to investigate fraudulent activity involving foreign bank accounts.

We are providing over £30 million to the City of London Police to upgrade Action Fraud by 2024 using the latest technology to provide far greater intelligence to policing, allowing greater prevention and disruption at scale, including internationally.

We have launched a National Fraud Squad with 400 new posts across the National Crime Agency, City of London Police and specialist regional police units with links into the UK intelligence community. The NFS will tackle the most harmful fraudsters, including those linked to international criminal networks.

UK authorities continue to work with their international counterparts on a case-by-case basis to target criminals responsible for defrauding members of the public and businesses.

The Fraud Strategy sets out our ambition to drive global action on tackling fraud. We will build stronger partnerships with allies to improve our understanding of the threat, share best practice, build expertise and lead a coordinated global response.