Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to introduce a Minister for Economic Crime.

Ministerial appointments are a matter for the Prime Minister’s office.

The Home Office and HM Treasury lead the policy response to tackling economic crime for government. It is right that these two departments jointly lead the government’s approach, to support system leadership that fully considers the long-term ramifications of decisions that impact both the UK’s prosperity and security. The Treasury leads on supervision and regulation, while the Home Office leads on law enforcement capabilities and related legislation