Illegal Money Lending Teams: Telephone Services
(asked on 18th June 2014) - View Source
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many telephone calls the Illegal Money Lending Unit helpline received from (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last four years.
The Illegal Money Lending Teams in England, Scotland and Wales receive intelligence via the helpline and also through via the “report a loan shark” web page on www.gov.uk, text messages, other electronic media and referrals from enforcement and debt advice agencies.
Below is a breakdown of the number of calls received over the last four years and also the number of total pieces of intelligence received via all communications channels.
Telephone calls | Total Intelligence Received | |||||||
England | Wales | Scotland | England | Wales | Scotland | |||
2013/14 | 370 | 16 | 10 | 2013/14 | 592 | 29 | 65 | |
2012/13 | 323 | 20 | 8 | 2012/13 | 657 | 32 | 117 | |
2011/12 | 214 | 20 | 12 | 2011/12 | 460 | 38 | 96 | |
2010/11 | Breakdown of number of calls received unavailable | 2010/11 | 299 | 48 | 28 | |||
Trading Standards is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland and so it is not possible to provide comparable data for there.