Written Question·Home Office·UIN 81281
Electronic Funds Transfer: Fraud
Tabled: 13 October 2025
Answered: 22 October 2025
Question
Damian Hinds
Conservative — East Hampshire
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the role of SIM farms in facilitating authorised push payment fraud; and what steps her Department is taking to help tack
Answer
Dan JarvisThe Home Office recognises the serious role SIM farms play in enabling authorised push payment (APP) fraud, allowing criminals to send mass scam messages and impersonate trusted organisations.Following extensive consultation, the Government is introducing...
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