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1047014

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the additional £90 million to tackle serious organised crime announced in the provisional police funding settlement 2019-20 will be allocated.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	211817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The SOC Strategy, published on 1 November 2018, sets out the Government’s response to the full range of serious and organised crime threats</p><p>The priorities for investment for the £90 million announced in the provisional police funding settlement 2019-20 will be geared toward delivering the SOC Strategy. <br>Home Office officials are in discussions with operational colleagues on how to allocate the money. This process is ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 28/01/2019 16:10:40 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1045473

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Mukhtar Ablyazov
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 instruct the Serious Fraud Office to investigate the activities of Mukhtar Ablyazov, in relation to international money laundering.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	210427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not comment on particular cases.</p><p>The SFO is independent, it investigates and prosecutes only the most serious or complex fraud, bribery and corruption cases and is superintended by the Attorney General. The decision to commence an investigation is that of the Director alone. Government cannot interfere with the operational independence of investigative or prosecutorial agencies.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 210430 question first answered 24/01/2019 16:50:51 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

1045476

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
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, whether he has powers to require the SFO to investigate cases of international money laundering.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	210430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not comment on particular cases.</p><p>The SFO is independent, it investigates and prosecutes only the most serious or complex fraud, bribery and corruption cases and is superintended by the Attorney General. The decision to commence an investigation is that of the Director alone. Government cannot interfere with the operational independence of investigative or prosecutorial agencies.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 210427 question first answered 24/01/2019 16:50:51 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

1045481

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Unexplained Wealth Orders: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Unexplained Wealth Orders in tackling the illicit arms trade and related financial flows in London.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	210435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not comment on the potential use of Unexplained Wealth Orders against individuals. They are available for use in cases of serious crime including arms trafficking and related money laundering.</p><p>Where assets are suspected of representing the proceeds of crime, the NCA and others consider all cases for denial and recovery activity across the full range of criminal and civil approaches, including the new tools introduced in the Criminal Finances Act such as Unexplained Wealth Orders. The Home Office continues to work with law enforcement agencies to encourage their use.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 210436 question first answered 24/01/2019 16:52:33 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

1045482

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sudhir Choudhrie
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential use of Unexplained Wealth Orders against Sudhir Choudhrie and related parties.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	210436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not comment on the potential use of Unexplained Wealth Orders against individuals. They are available for use in cases of serious crime including arms trafficking and related money laundering.</p><p>Where assets are suspected of representing the proceeds of crime, the NCA and others consider all cases for denial and recovery activity across the full range of criminal and civil approaches, including the new tools introduced in the Criminal Finances Act such as Unexplained Wealth Orders. The Home Office continues to work with law enforcement agencies to encourage their use.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 210435 question first answered 24/01/2019 16:52:33 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

1041730

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department plans to publish the results of its 2014 public consultation on the review of Section 24 of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.
tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
uin	208841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>The government will issue a response to the consultation on the review of Section 24 of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in due course.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 23/01/2019 14:38:15 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

1038432

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Proscribed Organisations: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the ability of members of proscribed groups to raise funds via Paypal and Patreon.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	206868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Terrorist financing activity in the UK is varied, but usually low-level. Terrorists and their supporters employ a variety of methods to raise and move terrorist funds, looking to any means at their disposal to do so.</p><p>Those who wish to finance terrorist activity face significant including UK proscriptions, UK asset freezes and international sanctions. No one method to raise funds appears to be more prevalent than others, with the choice of method assessed to be dependent on personal knowledge or end destination of funds.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 16/01/2019 17:12:21 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1029525

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Unexplained Wealth Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Office, how many Unexplained Wealth Orders have been invoked in each month since they were introduced.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	204624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office does not comment on particular cases. The SFO investigates and prosecutes only the most serious or complex fraud, bribery and corruption cases.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The decision to commence an investigation is that of the Director alone. Government cannot interfere with the operational independence of investigative or prosecutorial agencies. As new tools, it is important that courts and law enforcement establishes the use and process to ensure that they deliver the correct objectives.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Three UWOs have been applied for, and all granted, since the UWO power came into force in January. The UWOs concern two assets under one investigation in relation to an Azerbaijan national. As new tools, it is important that courts and law enforcement establishes the use and process to ensure that they deliver the correct objectives. </ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 25/01/2019 16:05:32 question first ministerially corrected 28/01/2019 15:29:02 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace previous answer version 97424 answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1029547

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Unexplained Wealth Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Office, what information his Department holds on the nationality of people affect by the imposition of Unexplained Wealth Orders.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	204625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Three UWOs have been applied for, and all granted, since the UWO power came into force in January. The UWOs concern two assets under one investigation in relation to an Azerbaijan national.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 14/01/2019 17:17:49 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1028527

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Money Laundering: Pakistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made in tackling money laundering between the UK and Pakistan.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	203971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>As we set out in the National Risk Assessment of money laundering and terrorist financing 2017, there are large remittance and business links be-tween Pakistan and the UK, and there is a risk of criminal groups exploiting these links to facilitate money laundering, particularly the laundering of the proceeds of corruption, fraud and drug trafficking.</p><p>Cooperation with Paki-stan on these issues is a priority for the government and law enforcement agencies. In March 2017, the UK signed new agreements with Pakistan to enhance cooperation on a number of security and home affairs priorities, including on criminal finances. There has since been positive engagement between the UK and Pakistan on these issues at senior and Ministerial level.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 07/01/2019 16:30:32 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss