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	registered interest
	date	21/04/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Fraud: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps her Department is taking to increase prosecution rates for fraud.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	157374
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>Tackling Fraud is a top priority for this government and requires a sophisticated multi-agency approach, coordinating with domestic and international partners. As prosecuting agencies, both the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) play a vital part in that response.</p><p> </p><p>Last year the CPS published its first ever Economic Crime Strategy, which affirms its commitment to improve criminal justice outcomes in this area and support victims. In the year ending September 2021, the CPS prosecuted 7,609 defendants, in cases where Fraud and Forgery was recorded as the principal offence. The conviction rate was 84.9%.</p><p> </p><p>Taking into account judicial resolutions such as DPAs, the SFO’s successful judicial outcomes rate is 85% by case and 50% by defendant over the past four financial years [2018/19 – 2021/22].</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 26/04/2022 08:10:20 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1486679

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Fraud: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of steps taken by the Serious Fraud Office to increase the number of cases it prosecutes.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	uin	31101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>In its role as a specialist law enforcement agency tackling the top level of serious or complex fraud, bribery and corruption, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is prosecuting eight cases within the 2022-23 financial year. These involve more than 20 individuals, charged with criminality worth over £550m.</p><p> </p><p>Given this specialist role, as well as the scale and complexity of the cases it takes on, the focus of the SFO is less on increasing the number of cases it takes on, but rather increasing its capacity through the use of technology, reducing manual errors and delivering this year’s trials effectively.</p><p> </p><p>Driving this, the SFO received a funding uplift in the 2021 Spending Review which included £4.4m over three years to invest in technology. This will complement the wider work that it is doing to reduce case lengths and ensure the tools it uses to investigate and prosecute fraudsters match the evolving methods used by these criminals.</p> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 12/07/2022 12:24:48 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1652343

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Fraud: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what percentage of fraud cases were stopped after a defendant had been charged due to a victim no longer supporting the prosecution in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	193621
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not have a central record showing the number of fraud cases stopped because a victim no longer supports the prosecution.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 19/07/2023 12:42:20 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1628610

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Fraud: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been prosecuted for fraud each year in the last five years for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
	tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
	uin	185522
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold data showing the number of defendants prosecuted for offences of fraud.</p><p>The official statistics relating to crime and policing are maintained by the Home Office and the official statistics relating to sentencing, criminal court proceedings, offenders brought to justice, the courts and the judiciary are maintained by the Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 23/05/2023 12:49:29 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1504849

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Fraud: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions were brought forward by the Serious Fraud Office against (a) corporates and (b) individuals in each year between 2013 and 2021 inclusive.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	47336
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The table below sets out how many prosecutions the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) brought forward in each year and whether they relate to a corporate or an individual. The term “brought forward” has been taken to mean the instigation of a charge against an individual or corporate. This includes cases where charges were brought but the case did not progress to conviction, including cases resolved through Deferred Prosecution Agreements. <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Prosecutions brought against individuals</p></td><td><p>Prosecutions brought against corporates</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table>Detailed information regarding SFO cases be found on their website: <a href="https://www.sfo.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://www.sfo.gov.uk</a>.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 20/09/2022 12:23:38 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas