To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any plans to introduce legislation or take other steps to tackle mortgage fraud.
No. There is no reason to suppose that police powers and the existing criminal law are inadequate for this purpose.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any information on increases in mortgage fraud; and if he will make a statement.
I am aware that the fraud squad of the Metropolitan police has set up a special team to deal with this matter.
| British Nationality Act 1981: Applications granted | |||
| Date | Adult registration | Minor registration | Naturalisations |
| 1987 | |||
| April | 1,990 | 539 | 982 |
| May | 2,742 | 619 | 1,224 |
| June | 3,234 | 855 | 1,347 |
| July | 3,178 | 852 | 1,361 |
| August | 2,737 | 541 | 1,251 |
| September | 2,956 | 649 | 1,488 |
| October | 3,047 | 595 | 1,607 |
| November | 3,307 | 626 | 1,752 |
| December | 4,102 | 624 | 1,686 |
| 1988 | |||
| January | 5,149 | 706 | 1,518 |
| February | 4,370 | 485 | 1,115 |
| March | 3,749 | 444 | 1,077 |
Note: All figures are provisional.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what income the nationality division of his Department received in nationality fees in each month since April 1987.
For the required information in respect of 1987, I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to a question from the hon. Member for Islington, North (Mr. Corbyn) on 11 January 1988 at column 11.