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518435

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Proceeds of Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2016 to Question 36224, on proceeds of crime, how many reporters received no reply within seven working days following the first working day after the report was submitted; and by what statutory authority appropriate consent is given to reporters who do not receive a reply from the National Crime Agency within the seven day limit.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	36973
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>Between October 2011 and September 2015 a total of 61 reporters who requested consent under Part 7 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) received no reply from the NCA within the seven working days (referred to as the notice period in POCA). Where an authorised disclosure is made under section 338 POCA, appropriate consent is afforded to a reporter in cases where no reply is provided by the NCA at the end of the seven day notice period under section 335(3) POCA or in the case where the disclosure is from a nominated officer in the regulated sector, under section 336(3) POCA.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 12/05/2016 11:42:08 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

771585

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Proceeds of Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many National Crime Agency personnel have been assigned to investigate people whose conduct constitutes, or is connected with, the commission of a gross human rights abuse or violation and to enforce the asset-freezing provisions in Part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
	tabling member constituency	Sutton Coldfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Mitchell
	uin	108029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>Section 13 of the Criminal Finances Act allows for civil recovery to be undertaken in cases in relation to property connected with gross human rights abuse or violations. It expands the definition of 'unlawful conduct' within Part 5 of POCA to include conduct by a public official that constitutes gross human rights abuse or violations (defined as torture or inhuman, cruel or degrading treatment) of a person on the grounds that they have been obtaining, exercising, defending or promoting human rights, or have sought to expose gross human rights abuse conducted by a public official.</p><p>This new power also covers conduct occurring anywhere in the world, provided that it would constitute a sufficiently serious offence if it had occurred in the UK (i.e. that it would have been triable by indictment).</p><p>There are a number of dependencies which must be implemented before the Act, including section 13, can be commenced. Work is underway to ensure the necessary court rules, secondary legislation, training, guidance and human resources are in place for commencement of the Act by Summer 2018.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 108028 108030 108031 108032 question first answered 19/10/2017 14:57:00 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell

772241

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Proceeds of Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will communicate guidance to the Director-General of the National Crime Agency on the use of the powers under section 241A of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, as amended by Criminal Finances Act 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Sutton Coldfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Mitchell
	uin	108203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>Section 13 of the Criminal Finances Act allows for civil recovery to be undertaken in cases in relation to property connected with gross human rights abuse or violations. It expands the definition of 'unlawful conduct' within Part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) to include conduct by a public official that constitutes gross human rights abuse or violations (defined as torture or inhuman, cruel or degrading treatment) of a person on the grounds that they have been obtaining, exercising, defending or promoting human rights, or have sought to expose gross human rights abuse conducted by a public official.</p><p>This new power also covers conduct occurring anywhere in the world, provided that it would constitute a sufficiently serious offence if it had occurred in the UK (i.e. that it would have been triable by indictment).</p><p>There are a number of dependencies which must be implemented before the Act, including section 13, can be commenced. Work is underway, to ensure the necessary court rules, secondary legislation, training, guidance, and human resources are in place for commencement of the Act by Summer 2018. This includes the guidance for prosecutors and investigators issued under Section 2A of POCA.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 24/10/2017 15:42:12 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell

986429

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Proceeds of Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money his Department has recovered under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 since January 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	178466
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>Data on outstanding confiscation orders is published annually by HMCTS as part of their trust statement. The latest trust statement was published on 17 July 2018 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-tribunals-service-trust-statement-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-tribunals-service-trust-statement-2017-to-2018</a>), indicating a gross value of confiscation order debt at £1,961million, of which £152million is considered recoverable.</p><p>Data on asset recovery performance under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 is published annually by the Home Office. The latest data, showing asset recovery performance year on year from 2013-2018, was published on 13 September 2018 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/asset-recovery-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/asset-recovery-statistics</a>).</p><p>Data on asset recovery performance at the National Crime Agency is published annually in their annual report, which is published according to financial year.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 178465 178467 question first answered 22/10/2018 15:53:09 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

986431

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Proceeds of Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money was recovered from criminal proceeding by the National Crime Agency since January 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	178467
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>Data on outstanding confiscation orders is published annually by HMCTS as part of their trust statement. The latest trust statement was published on 17 July 2018 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-tribunals-service-trust-statement-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-tribunals-service-trust-statement-2017-to-2018</a>), indicating a gross value of confiscation order debt at £1,961million, of which £152million is considered recoverable.</p><p>Data on asset recovery performance under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 is published annually by the Home Office. The latest data, showing asset recovery performance year on year from 2013-2018, was published on 13 September 2018 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/asset-recovery-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/asset-recovery-statistics</a>).</p><p>Data on asset recovery performance at the National Crime Agency is published annually in their annual report, which is published according to financial year.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 178465 178466 question first answered 22/10/2018 15:53:09 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

933807

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Proceeds of Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the value was of criminal assets seized by the police in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	159596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>The figures for the recovery of criminal assets are set out in the Asset Recovery Statistical Bulletin, and shows the total value of proceeds of crime collected each financial year between 2012 - 2017 using confiscation and cash forfeiture powers. The Bulletin can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/asset-recovery-statistical-bulletin-financial-years-ending-2012-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/asset-recovery-statistical-bulletin-financial-years-ending-2012-to-2017</a></p><p>The Government has made a commitment to publish the next version of the Statistical Bulletin on 13 September 2018.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 09/07/2018 18:48:39 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

849291

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Proceeds of Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps she is taking to confiscate money from criminals; and how she plans to further strengthen the asset recovery regime.
	tabling member constituency	Bexhill and Battle
	tabling member printed	Huw Merriman
	uin	904013
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>We have recovered £1.4bn under the Proceeds of Crime Act since 2010. The Criminal Finances Act 2017 provides important new powers to improve the asset recovery system, such as unexplained wealth orders, the forfeiture of bank accounts and forfeiture of certain mobile assets. The Government is also implementing the recommendations made in the Public Accounts Committee Report of 2016. Our Asset Recovery Action Plan will be published by April this year.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 26/02/2018 17:30:33 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman

872226

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Proceeds of Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government has taken to reduce the amount of suspicious wealth owned by people resident in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	134140
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2018 answer text <p>The UK has a robust legal and regulatory framework which enables effective investigation and prosecution of money laundering, corruption and the recovery of illicit assets. This Government has recovered more criminal assets than ever before. Using Proceeds of Crime Act powers, £1.4bn was taken from offenders between April 2010 and March 2017, with many hundreds of millions more frozen.</p><p>Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) were introduced on 31 January 2018. UWOs are an important addition to existing investigation powers under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and compel individuals to explain the sources of their wealth where it is suspected that their lawful income would be insufficient to obtain specified property and they are a non-EEA politically exposed person or suspected of being involved in serious crime.</p><p>The National Crime Agency has secured two UWOs to investigate assets totalling £22m that are believed to ultimately be owned by a politically-exposed person. The assets have also been frozen.</p><p>The Home Office has established a suspicious activity report (SARs) Reform Programme, working with reporters, law enforcement and regulators, to design an effective regime that can make the UK an even more hostile place to move, use or hide illicit finances.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 06/04/2018 09:07:48 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

909043

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Proceeds of Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many referrals has the National Crime Agency received from the Solicitors Regulation Authority in relation to potential criminal activity under (a) section 327-9 and (b) section 330 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	146240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2018 answer text <p>The NCA is the lead agency for the response to serious and organised crime in the UK. As described in the NCA’s 2017 / 2018 Annual Plan, the remit of the NCA is particularly focused on tackling criminality at ‘the high end of high risk’. High-end money laundering has been identified as one of the top six national priorities for agencies tackling serious and organised crime – accordingly it is a key priority for the NCA. A range of other agencies are involved in investigating and prosecuting money laundering activity.</p><p>Potential money laundering investigations can be identified and triggered in different ways, such as tips, suspicious activity reports, or referrals from regulatory authorities including the Solicitors’ Regulation Authority; or through parallel investigations into a predicate offence where there are suspected proceeds of crime. The NCA does not routinely comment on specific referrals or the number of investigations underway related to particular offences.</p><p>The NCA’s 2017/2018 Annual Plan can be found here: <a href="http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/889-nca-annual-plan-2018" target="_blank">www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/889-nca-annual-plan-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 146241 question first answered 25/05/2018 15:47:22 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

909044

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Proceeds of Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many investigations are being undertaking by the National Crime Agency into offences committed under (a) section 327-329 and (b) section 330 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	146241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2018 answer text <p>The NCA is the lead agency for the response to serious and organised crime in the UK. As described in the NCA’s 2017 / 2018 Annual Plan, the remit of the NCA is particularly focused on tackling criminality at ‘the high end of high risk’. High-end money laundering has been identified as one of the top six national priorities for agencies tackling serious and organised crime – accordingly it is a key priority for the NCA. A range of other agencies are involved in investigating and prosecuting money laundering activity.</p><p>Potential money laundering investigations can be identified and triggered in different ways, such as tips, suspicious activity reports, or referrals from regulatory authorities including the Solicitors’ Regulation Authority; or through parallel investigations into a predicate offence where there are suspected proceeds of crime. The NCA does not routinely comment on specific referrals or the number of investigations underway related to particular offences.</p><p>The NCA’s 2017/2018 Annual Plan can be found here: <a href="http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/889-nca-annual-plan-2018" target="_blank">www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/889-nca-annual-plan-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 146240 question first answered 25/05/2018 15:47:23 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell