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<p>The CPS holds records of the number of asset freezing orders which it has obtained,
but not the number of orders which it applied for during the last 8 years. On 30 June
2014, as part of work to tackle organised crime, the Director of Public Prosecutions
launched a new service within the CPS which will work exclusively on recovering assets
from criminals convicted in England and Wales. CPS Proceeds of Crime (CPSPOC) is responsible
for all CPS restraint activity. CPSPOC will compile information as to how many asset
freezing orders are applied for and how many are granted. This information will be
available in future financial years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below
sets out the total number of asset freezing orders obtained by the CPS in each of
the last eight financial years. There has been a drop in the number of asset freezing
orders obtained by the CPS since 2010-11. This is partly due to a fall in the type
of investigations that lead to restraint orders being required and partly due to the
decision in Windsor v CPS [2011] EWCA Crim 143, which tightened the evidential requirements
needed with ex parte applications for restraint orders at the investigation stage.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number
of asset freezing orders obtained </strong></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>855</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>1352</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>1567</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>1471</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>1730</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>1401</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1296</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1246</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April
2014-Sep 2014</p></td><td><p>553</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p>
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