Written question asked by Saqib Bhatti (Conservative) on Friday, 28 August 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 2 September 2026. It was answered by Dan Jarvis (Labour) on Wednesday, 16 September 2026 on behalf of the Home Office.

Fraud: Mobile Phones

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commit to ensuring the government tackle mobile phone fraud.

Answer

The Government has set out commitments to tackle telephone fraud in the second Telecoms Fraud Charter and the Fraud Strategy 2026-2029. The Charter, signed by major UK mobile operators and business-to-business networks, includes measures to identify, prevent and disrupt telecoms fraud.

As set out in the Fraud Strategy, the Government launched a Call for Evidence in July to examine how criminals are accessing UK telephone numbers to facilitate scam calls in the UK and internationally. The findings will inform policy options to disrupt this activity.

Through the Crime and Policing Act 2026, the Government has also legislated to ban the supply and distribution of “SIM farms”, devices used by criminals to send scam texts at scale.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 21995
Session: 2026-27
Subjects: Fraud Mobile phones
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Fraud: Mobile Phones

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