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	registered interest
	date	26/09/2019
	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 cases have been prosecuted by the Serious Fraud Office in each of the last ten years.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	291351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The SFO exists to tackle the most serious and complex cases of fraud, bribery and corruption. The SFO’s remit is to investigate and, where appropriate, prosecute those cases that fall within this remit.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Please find a breakdown of Serious Fraud Office (SFO) prosecutions by case in each financial year:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Cases</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Please note we interpret the prosecution of an SFO case to begin from the date of the first charge brought against an individual or organisation in a case. More information about our cases is available online at <a href="https://www.sfo.gov.uk/our-cases/" target="_blank">https://www.sfo.gov.uk/our-cases/</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 04/10/2019 11:43:54 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1146652

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Unexplained Wealth Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many unexplained wealth orders the Serious Fraud Office has (a) applied for and (b) been granted in each of the last 10 financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	291352
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has not applied for any Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWO) to date. However, the SFO is committed to making use of the new powers enacted in the Criminal Finances Act 2017, including UWOs, and they proactively review all cases to see whether the use of this tool would be appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 04/10/2019 11:38:59 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1146653

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2019
	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 Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs) the Serious Fraud Office has entered into in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	291353
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs) have been available to prosecutors since February 2014. The SFO has agreed five DPAs with UK companies since the legislation came into force, three of which were for overseas corruption offences.</p><p> </p><p>Full details of all DPAs are available on the SFO’s website at: <a href="https://www.sfo.gov.uk/publications/guidance-policy-and-protocols/deferred-prosecution-agreements/" target="_blank">https://www.sfo.gov.uk/publications/guidance-policy-and-protocols/deferred-prosecution-agreements/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 04/10/2019 11:35:18 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1146655

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Fraud: Confiscation Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the total value is of all assets confiscated by the Serious Fraud Office in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	291355
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has a dedicated Proceeds of Crime Division which is focused on recovering the proceeds of crime so that criminals who are successfully prosecuted by the SFO do not benefit from their offending and victims can be compensated wherever possible.</p><p> </p><p>The total value of all proceeds of crime orders obtained by the SFO in each financial year since 2010, and the total value of payments made against them, can be found on the SFO website at <a href="https://www.sfo.gov.uk/about-us/" target="_blank">https://www.sfo.gov.uk/about-us/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 04/10/2019 11:31:56 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1146137

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Trials
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the average amount of time was, in each of the last eight years, between a case's first referral to the CPS and the conclusions of that case, for all cases which reached a trial in England.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	290946
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the total average time, in days, from referral to finalisation for each year from 2011/12 to 2018/19 where the CPS made a decision to charge and where a trial outcome was recorded in England.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average days from referral to finalisation</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>225.27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>233.27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>226.09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>243.74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>253.82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>256.77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-2018</p></td><td><p>259.24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-2019</p></td><td><p>276.92</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 04/10/2019 11:49:17 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi