Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 115736

Companies: Fraud

Tabled: 24 February 2026

Answered: 2 March 2026

Question

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to expose criminal fronts by working with enforcement bodies.

Answer

Blair McDougall

The new High Streets Illegality Taskforce is currently being established and will bring together departments and agencies to develop an intelligence led understanding of organised crime on our high streets, and a strategic long-term policy response to mon...

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