We asked the Home Office whether police forces needed to consider fraud as a strategic objective, and be given the resources needed, so that the issues relating to fraud can start to be addressed. The Home Office told us that it had “heard that message loud and clear” and that it was hopeful that the issue would have progressed by the net iteration of the Strategic Policing Requirements. Following our evidence session, in February 2023 the Home Office published its Strategic Policing Requirem...

We asked the Home Office whether police forces needed to consider fraud as a strategic objective, and be given the resources needed, so that the issues relating to fraud can start to be addressed. The Home Office told us that it had “heard that message loud and clear” and that it was hopeful that the issue would have progressed by the net iteration of the Strategic Policing Requirements. Following our evidence session, in February 2023 the Home Office published its Strategic Policing Requirement, which referenced the threat of fraud and confirmed that it would produce a fraud supplement to provide greater detail on what is expected regarding Type: conclusion | Number: 15 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: 4. PAC conclusion: The Department has failed to support police forces to build the capacity or skills they need to tackle fraud effectively. 4. PAC recommendation: The Department should outline, as part of its Treasury Minute response, how it will increase both th