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Discretionary Trusts: Criminal Investigation

Asked by Gareth ThomasLabour (Co-op)Home OfficeTabled Answered 28 November 2025UIN 92510

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds information on the number of cases of trustee mismanagement of asset protection trusts that were investigated in each of the last three years by (a) Merseyside Police, (b) Metropolitan Police, (c) Suffolk Police, (d) the National Crime Agency and (e) the Serious Fraud Office; and what discussions she has had with Police Scotland on this matter.

Answered by Sarah Jones

The Public Safety Group has no role in data collection on trustee mismanagement, or in any police investigations which may or may not be going on.

Matters relating to solicitor regulation or misgivings are for Ministry of Justice's Arms Lengths Bodies.

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