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1367394

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National Crime Agency: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the budget was for the National Crime Agency's Financial Intelligence Unit in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	72534
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>Budget: The UK Financial Intelligence Unit (UKFIU) is part of the NCA called the National Economic Crime Centre (NECC). Overall annual expenditure for the NECC is available in the NCA’s Annual Reports for the past three years (since it has been formed).</p><p>2018/19 - Gross expenditure for the Prosperity Command - £22.0m (Note the NECC was formally launched on 31 October 2018, before which the NCA’s Prosperity Command fulfilled some of the same functions. In the 2019/20 Annual Report, an apportionment of £6.7m in 2018/19 was made for the NECC.)</p><p>2019/20 - Gross expenditure for the NECC - £30.0m</p><p>2020/21 – Gross expenditure for the NECC - £35.5m</p><p>Number of UKFIU staff:</p><p>The most recent information on the number of staff within the UKFIU can be found in the Economic Crime Plan Statement of Progress available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/economic-crime-plan-2019-to-2022" target="_blank">Economic crime plan 2019 to 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 72535 question first answered 19/11/2021 17:24:58 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds previous answer version 33381 answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1367395

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National Crime Agency: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff there were in the National Crime Agency's Financial Intelligence Unit in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	72535
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>Budget: The UK Financial Intelligence Unit (UKFIU) is part of the NCA called the National Economic Crime Centre (NECC). Overall annual expenditure for the NECC is available in the NCA’s Annual Reports for the past three years (since it has been formed).</p><p>2018/19 - Gross expenditure for the Prosperity Command - £22.0m (Note the NECC was formally launched on 31 October 2018, before which the NCA’s Prosperity Command fulfilled some of the same functions. In the 2019/20 Annual Report, an apportionment of £6.7m in 2018/19 was made for the NECC.)</p><p>2019/20 - Gross expenditure for the NECC - £30.0m</p><p>2020/21 – Gross expenditure for the NECC - £35.5m</p><p>Number of UKFIU staff:</p><p>The most recent information on the number of staff within the UKFIU can be found in the Economic Crime Plan Statement of Progress available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/economic-crime-plan-2019-to-2022" target="_blank">Economic crime plan 2019 to 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 72534 question first answered 19/11/2021 17:24:58 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds previous answer version 33402 answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1367397

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) annual budget and (b) number of staff was for HMRC's Fraud Investigation Service in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	72537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>HMRC is determined that tax fraud should not pay. Since the launch of our Fraud Investigation Service in 2015-16, we have secured and protected nearly £30 billion for our vital public services and secured more than 3,800 criminal convictions. In addition, HMRC’s Spending Review settlement includes £100 million for more resources for HMRC to tackle all forms of non-compliance, including avoidance and evasion, and continued funding of over £70 million for the Taxpayer Protection Taskforce to combat fraud and abuse of the Covid-19 schemes.</p><p> </p><p>The tables below detail the full-time equivalent staffing levels in both Fraud Investigation Service (1) and the Proceeds of Crime unit (2).</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p>1. HMRC's Fraud Investigation Service</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>2020-21</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2021-22 *</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>a) Annual Budget (approx.)- includes Pay-bill, Other Resource Costs, Income &amp; Capital<em>.</em></p></td><td><p>£240m</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£260m</p></td><td><p>£300m</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>£300m</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£300m</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>b) Full-time equivalent staff at the end of the year (approx.)</p></td><td><p>4,100</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>4,400</p></td><td><p>4,900</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>4,400</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>4,900</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="14"><p>*2021-22 staff number is a year-end projection</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p>2. HMRC's Proceeds of Crime Unit (HMRC’s Fraud Investigation Service hosts this function)<br> <br> a) The annual budget for this function has not been provided as it forms a part of the wider budget allocation for the Fraud Investigation Service.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22 *</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>b) Full-time equivalent staff at the end of the year (approx.)</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>400</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>*2021-22 staff number is a year-end projection</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 72538 question first answered 19/11/2021 14:56:15 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1367398

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) annual budget and (b) number of staff was for HMRC's Proceeds of Crime Unit in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	72538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>HMRC is determined that tax fraud should not pay. Since the launch of our Fraud Investigation Service in 2015-16, we have secured and protected nearly £30 billion for our vital public services and secured more than 3,800 criminal convictions. In addition, HMRC’s Spending Review settlement includes £100 million for more resources for HMRC to tackle all forms of non-compliance, including avoidance and evasion, and continued funding of over £70 million for the Taxpayer Protection Taskforce to combat fraud and abuse of the Covid-19 schemes.</p><p> </p><p>The tables below detail the full-time equivalent staffing levels in both Fraud Investigation Service (1) and the Proceeds of Crime unit (2).</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p>1. HMRC's Fraud Investigation Service</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>2020-21</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2021-22 *</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>a) Annual Budget (approx.)- includes Pay-bill, Other Resource Costs, Income &amp; Capital<em>.</em></p></td><td><p>£240m</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£260m</p></td><td><p>£300m</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>£300m</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£300m</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>b) Full-time equivalent staff at the end of the year (approx.)</p></td><td><p>4,100</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>4,400</p></td><td><p>4,900</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>4,400</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>4,900</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="14"><p>*2021-22 staff number is a year-end projection</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p>2. HMRC's Proceeds of Crime Unit (HMRC’s Fraud Investigation Service hosts this function)<br> <br> a) The annual budget for this function has not been provided as it forms a part of the wider budget allocation for the Fraud Investigation Service.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22 *</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>b) Full-time equivalent staff at the end of the year (approx.)</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>400</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>*2021-22 staff number is a year-end projection</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 72537 question first answered 19/11/2021 14:56:15 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1367396

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2021
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	International Corruption Unit: Development Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of cuts to Overseas Development Assistance on the budget of the National Crime Agency's International Corruption Unit.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	72536
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>A thorough assessment was carried out in both financial years 2020/21 and 2021/22, of the potential impact of ODA budget reduction on the National Crime Agency's International Corruption Unit (ICU), and before any budget decision was made. Because of the importance of the ICU's work, FCDO decided to prioritise the ICU budget as far as possible, when deciding where to make required cuts to ODA.</p><p>In 2020/21, the annual ICU budget was increased from £4.7m to £5.7million. In 2021/22, the budget was reduced by approximately 10% to £5.02 million. This was based on an assessment that the ICU would be able to manage this cut through not expanding into new areas, whilst preserving existing work and staffing. This remains above the pre-pandemic 2019/20 ODA budget of £4.7 million. The impact of the small budget reduction is regularly monitored by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 19/11/2021 10:14:18 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake