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Fraud: Prosecutions

Question for Attorney General

UIN 185522, tabled on 17 May 2023

To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been prosecuted for fraud each year in the last five years for which data is available.

Answered on

23 May 2023

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold data showing the number of defendants prosecuted for offences of fraud.

The official statistics relating to crime and policing are maintained by the Home Office and the official statistics relating to sentencing, criminal court proceedings, offenders brought to justice, the courts and the judiciary are maintained by the Ministry of Justice.

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