Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 91713
Coronavirus: Fraud
Tabled: 17 November 2025
Answered: 25 November 2025
Question
Mike Martin
Liberal Democrat — Tunbridge Wells
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department holds a copy of the contract for the National Investigation Service to investigate COVID-19 Bounce Back Loan fraud nationwide of September 2020 that was signed by both the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy and the National Investigation Service.
Answer
Kate DeardenI confirm that the Department holds a copy of the contract for the National Investigation Service to investigate COVID-19 Bounce Back Loan fraud nationwide of September 2020 that was signed by both the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy and Thurrock Council (being the host of the National Investigation Service).