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1366852

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
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 she is taking to prosecute individuals charged with fraud by false representation particularly in relation to fraudulent property transactions.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	71471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>In March 2021, the CPS launched its first ever Economic Crime Strategy to ensure they keep at pace with the constant changing nature of crime. It is a high-level strategy which allows the flexibility to respond and adapt to new and emerging threats.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS has a dedicated Specialist Fraud Division to ensure it has the right skills and resources to prosecute complex cases.</p><p>The CPS also has a Proceeds of Crime unit dedicated to asset recovery and in 2018, the CPS created three new Fraud Centres in CPS Areas to increase capability and resilience in dealing with fraud casework.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 19/11/2021 09:06:27 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1362033

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Fraud: Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) how many, and (2) which, regulatory bodies are responsible for the criminal prosecution of fraud; how many successful prosecutions for fraud have been secured as a result of actions taken by each of these bodies since 2010; and what penalties have been imposed following each of these prosecutions.
tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
uin	HL3254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2021 answer text <p>Due to the nature of fraud, it can be committed in a variety of ways against organisations and individuals.  As such, we do not hold a record of all regulators that may be involved with the criminal prosecution of fraud.  The Government set out its plans for tackling fraud in the joint public and private sector Economic Crime Plan (2019-22), which was published in July 2019. Further information, including a list of organisations involved in the development of it, can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Feconomic-crime-plan-2019-to-2022%2Feconomic-crime-plan-2019-to-2022-accessible-version%23annex-b&amp;data=04%7C01%7CJaspreet.Rihal%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cb37f6b966ee14f60834f08d910924515%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637559042698054590%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=VRpPpaqhHkiYu5LiPvSq8x2XY65a56RIj0KqxnzRM6E%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Economic Crime Plan, 2019 to 2022, accessible version - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>The number of convictions involving pension scams is not centrally held in the court proceedings database as this specific offence is not separately identified in legislation. Identifying this offence separately would require a manual search of court records, incurring disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on prosecutions, convictions and outcomes for fraud offences, that will include pensions scams, amongst other offences.</p><p> </p><p>The numbers of prosecutions, convictions and outcomes for fraud offences have been provided in the attached table. These figures were taken from the following published data tool:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987715/outcomes-by-offence-2020.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987715/outcomes-by-offence-2020.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>The Court Proceedings database does not include the responsible regulatory body bringing the prosecution.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar grouped question UIN HL3251 question first answered 03/11/2021 17:40:27 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar attachment 1 file name 2021-11-03 PQ HL3251 and HL3254 Table 1.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1312585

registered interest
date	28/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Fraud: Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many, and which, regulatory bodies are responsible for the criminal prosecution of fraud; how many successful prosecutions for fraud have been secured by each of these bodies since 2010; and what penalties have been imposed following each, and any, such prosecutions.
tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
uin	HL15345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Dissolution. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar question first answered 29/04/2021 12:34:53 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1282649

registered interest
date	01/02/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Fraud: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions for fraud have taken place in UK courts in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South East
tabling member printed	Pat McFadden
uin	146835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on prosecutions for fraud offences in England and Wales up to December 2019, available in the ‘Outcomes by Offence’ data tool, which can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/938568/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2019.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/938568/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2019.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>In the data tool linked above, use the ‘Offence group’ filter to select ’10: Fraud offences’ and the number of defendants prosecuted for this offence group will populate in row 23 of the pivot table.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 09/02/2021 15:22:05 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1587 label Biography information for Pat McFadden

1149087

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
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 what steps his Office is taking to prosecute alleged frauds involving multiple persons who cannot afford to bring civil cases against the alleged perpetrators.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
uin	379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>Both the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and Serious Fraud Office (SFO) are responsible for prosecuting cases of fraud.</p><p> </p><p>They act in the public interest and can prosecute whether or not civil proceedings are in progress.</p><p> </p><p>The government has taken concerted action over recent years to reduce the costs of civil litigation, and that work continues.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 22/10/2019 14:30:30 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

1146650

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