Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the National Trading Standards initiative entitled Friends Against Scams.

Friends Against Scams (FAS) is a National Trading Standards (NTS) Scams Team initiative which launched in October 2016 and provides scams awareness training either online or face-to-face. The training is designed to help protect and prevent people from becoming victims of scams.

FAS is an independent NTS initiative last reviewed by them in May 2021 and was found to be successful in promoting awareness and helping those trained recognise and avoid scams.