Home Office written question – answered at on 13 April 2026.
Neil Shastri-Hurst
Conservative, Solihull West and Shirley
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds data on instances in which police forces have declined to investigate alleged serious criminal offences, including fraud, money laundering or organised crime, on the grounds of resource limitations or internal case-triage decisions; and whether any national guidance exists governing how such decisions should be made.
Sarah Jones
The Minister of State, Home Department
Operational decisions on case investigations are matters for operationally independent police forces. The Home Office does not issue guidance directing police forces on whether individual cases should or should not be investigated.
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