Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the MHCLG annual report and accounts 2025 to 2026, HC484, 15 July 2026, page 75, whether the two cases of fraud by false representation have been reported to the police by Homes England or the Department.

The two cases referred to in the Annual Report and Accounts were cases of prevented fraud. Homes England identified suspected false representations through the controls it has in place to assess funding applications, and those controls operated effectively and both applications were stopped before any funding was awarded

The cases were not reported directly to the police because no funding was awarded and the suspected activity was disrupted before a loss occurred. Homes England instead referred the matter to the National Crime Agency through the Suspicious Activity Reporting regime, which was considered the appropriate route for sharing the intelligence.