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1020371

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offshore Trusts: City of London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate the Government has made of the level of money laundering and large-scale fraud made by way of financial transactions and offshore trust funds through the City of London.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	199260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The NCA estimates that there is a realistic possibility that the scale of money laundering impacting on the UK annually is at least in the tens of billions of pounds. The cost to businesses and the public sector from organised fraud is no less than £5.9 billion.</p><p>This Government has launched the new National Economic Crime Centre (NECC), which will deliver a step change in the UK's response to - and impact on - economic crime. For the first time, the NECC brings together enforcement and justice agencies (HM Revenue and Customs, the City of London Police, the National Crime Agency, the Serious Fraud Office and the Crown Prosecution Service), other government departments, regulatory bodies and the private sector with a shared objective of driving down economic crime in the UK. It will leverage a 'whole system' approach to enhance and coordinate our collective capabilities to target, pursue and dismantle the highest harm serious and organised criminals, including corrupt elites. Where appropriate this will include prosecutions.</p><p>This Government launched the new Serious and Organised Crime Strategy on 1 November and will invest at least £48m in 2019/20 in law enforcement capabilities to step up efforts to tackle illicit finance and enhance our overall response to serious and organised crime. These will include additional investment in the multi-agency NECC; increased frontline capacity and capability to tackle fraud; and an uplift in investigative and intelligence assessment capabilities at the National Crime Agency.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 199261 question first answered 29/01/2019 16:02:55 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

1020372

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Financial Services: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to improve conviction rates for (a) fraud, (b) money laundering and (c) other financial criminal activity.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	199261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The NCA estimates that there is a realistic possibility that the scale of money laundering impacting on the UK annually is at least in the tens of billions of pounds. The cost to businesses and the public sector from organised fraud is no less than £5.9 billion.</p><p>This Government has launched the new National Economic Crime Centre (NECC), which will deliver a step change in the UK's response to - and impact on - economic crime. For the first time, the NECC brings together enforcement and justice agencies (HM Revenue and Customs, the City of London Police, the National Crime Agency, the Serious Fraud Office and the Crown Prosecution Service), other government departments, regulatory bodies and the private sector with a shared objective of driving down economic crime in the UK. It will leverage a 'whole system' approach to enhance and coordinate our collective capabilities to target, pursue and dismantle the highest harm serious and organised criminals, including corrupt elites. Where appropriate this will include prosecutions.</p><p>This Government launched the new Serious and Organised Crime Strategy on 1 November and will invest at least £48m in 2019/20 in law enforcement capabilities to step up efforts to tackle illicit finance and enhance our overall response to serious and organised crime. These will include additional investment in the multi-agency NECC; increased frontline capacity and capability to tackle fraud; and an uplift in investigative and intelligence assessment capabilities at the National Crime Agency.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 199260 question first answered 29/01/2019 16:02:55 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

1046089

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Joint Fraud Taskforce
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the joint fraud task force management board has met since the last published minutes of 20 June 2018.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	211121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The Joint Fraud Taskforce Management Board has met on several occasions since 20 June 2018. They have been reviewing the work of the Joint Fraud Taskforce and how the group is structured, to ensure it is able to respond to the highest harm fraud threats we face, using all the powers and resources of its members to maximise impact. The Joint Fraud Taskforce Management Board will publicly report on their new approach shortly.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 29/01/2019 15:42:37 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1046090

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Joint Fraud Taskforce
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the joint fraud task force will continue to operate following the announcement of the formation of the economic crime strategy board.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	211122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The Joint Fraud Taskforce will continue to operate, working as a public and private partnership to tackle fraud and to protect victims.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 29/01/2019 15:31:26 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1046091

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Ministerial Economic Crime Strategic Board
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the terms of reference will be for the Economic Crime Strategy Board; and if the reports of that Board will be published.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	211123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The new Economic Crime Strategic Board, which will meet twice a year, will set priorities, direct resources and scrutinise performance against the economic crime threat, which is set out in the Serious and Organised Crime (SOC) Strategy. The Board brings together key leaders from the public and private sectors working together to develop a single system response.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 29/01/2019 15:44:47 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1046092

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the level of fraud in the UK; and what plans he has to tackle fraud.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	211124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office Analysis and Insight Team has developed its evidence base on the scale, nature and impact of fraud against individuals and businesses using comparative analysis from key data sources, such as Action Fraud, the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) and academic literature. The CSEW reports an estimated 3.3 million fraud incidents in England and Wales for the year ending June 2018. In the same period, the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) notes 641,700 fraud and computer misuse offences referred, including those from Action Fraud (the UK’s national reporting centre for fraud and cyber crime) with 288,703 offences reported.</p><p>The Home Office is working in partnership with the wider public and private sectors to develop measures aimed at reducing peoples’ vulnerability to fraud. We have also been working with law enforcement to improve the reporting and investigation of fraud and the support provided to victims. Last year, the Secretary of State commissioned Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire &amp; Rescue Services to carry out a thematic inspection of the policing response to fraud. The inspection report is due to be published in early 2019, and will inform our future activity.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 29/01/2019 15:38:58 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1046093

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud: Crime Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will implement a national fraud prevention strategy with an annual statement of priorities.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	211125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>Preventing fraud by designing out the vulnerabilities that criminals exploit and educating the public about fraud are central tenets of the Joint Fraud Taskforce’s work. The Taskforce is committed to transparency and will publish its priorities, along with reports on its progress.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 29/01/2019 15:25:31 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1046094

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Action Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports of fraud Action Fraud received in each year since 2013 by police force area.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	211126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office collects statistics on the number of fraud cases reported to Action Fraud by each Police Force Area on a quarterly basis. These data are published as Experimental statistics in the Office for National Statistics ‘Crime in England and Wales’ statistical bulletins.</p><p>The table provided goes back to the year ending March 2015, the earliest year that fraud data was available by Police Force Area.</p><p>The next release of the ‘Crime in England and Wales’ statistical bulletin is due to be published on 24th January and will include fraud cases reported to Action Fraud for the year ending September 2018.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 29/01/2019 15:22:40 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1013113

registered interest
date	23/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Money Laundering: Criminal Investigation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many investigations into high-end money laundering have been opened by the National Crime Agency in each year since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	195061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p><br>The number of new investigations launched by the National Crime Agency into high end money laundering by financial year since 2014 are as follows:</p><p><br>• 2014/15 – 2 new</p><p>• 2015/16 – 5 new</p><p>• 2016/17 – 8 new</p><p>• 2017/18 – 20 ne</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 29/01/2019 16:07:27 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1013114

registered interest
date	23/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Money Laundering: Criminal Investigation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the investigations into high-end money laundering opened by the National Crime Agency have resulted in charging decisions since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	195062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The number of investigations into high end money laundering opened by the National Crime Agency which have resulted in charging decisions since 2014 are as follows:</p><p>• 2014/15 – 34</p><p>• 2015/16 – 17</p><p>• 2016/17 – 8</p><p>• 2018/19 – 10</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 29/01/2019 10:19:12 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell