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<p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has a core budget to investigate and, where appropriate,
prosecute the most serious and complex cases of fraud, bribery and corruption, and
some exceptionally large cases will arise that require additional resources.</p><p>Where
this is the case, the additional funding which is commonly referred to as ‘blockbuster
funding’ is allocated as part of the Main and Supplementary Estimates processes. Therefore,
the additional funding has been approved as part of this process each year.</p><p>The
table below shows the SFO’s total net Departmental Expenditure Limit for each year
since 2010-11, and the amount of this which was blockbuster funding in each year.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total
budget</p></td><td><p>£36.9m</p></td><td><p>£33.2m</p></td><td><p>£40.8m</p></td><td><p>£53.6m</p></td><td><p>£57.7m</p></td><td><p>£43.8m*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>‘Blockbuster’
funding</p></td><td><p>£2.8m</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£6.7m</p></td><td><p>£24m</p></td><td><p>£25.2m</p></td><td><p>£10m
to date</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* This is the figure from the Main Estimate
for 2015-16 and so may be revised as part of the Supplementary Estimates process.</p><p>The
figures in the table do not include capital expenditure or Annually Managed Expenditure,
or any income from costs awards or other recoveries. The blockbuster funding during
this period also includes support for civil litigation costs relating to the investigation
into Kaupthing.</p><p>As has been explained in response to previous questions from
Members, it is not appropriate to provide a breakdown of the funding allocated to
each SFO investigation.</p>
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