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Bounce Back Loan Scheme: Fraud

Asked by Mike MartinLiberal DemocratDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 15 September 2025UIN 76154

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, on what dates the Government renewed the contract for the National Investigation Service to investigate COVID-19 Bounce Back Loan fraud nationwide.

Answered by Kate Dearden

NATIS was commissioned by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), subsequently The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) in September 2020 to undertake investigations into potentially fraudulent activity by recipients of loans under the Covid-19 Bounce Back Loan Scheme. The contract was renewed effective from 1st April 2024.

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