Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what jurisdiction the police have to investigate allegations of fraud relating to the falsification of documents and declarations of a spouse's estate and other matters relating to wills.
There are a number of offences under the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 that would relate to the falsification of a document such as a will, or other testamentary documents. There are also offences under the Fraud Act 2006 that may be applicable depending on what action is taken subsequent to such falsification. Police have powers conferred on them to investigate these offences under legislation such as the Police Act 1997 and Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.