The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the numbers of defendants and the outcome of prosecution proceedings, divided into twelve Principal Offence Categories, including \u2018Fraud and Forgery\u2019. The numbers of defendants prosecuted in Crown Courts under this category for each CPS Area and Casework Divisions are provided in the accompanying attachment along with the outcomes of those prosecutions.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4106", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South Swindon"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Robert Buckland"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-06-27", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-06-27T16:01:17.923Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "88"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-06-22", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Fraud: Prosecutions"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, how many fraud prosecutions the Crown Prosecution Service has brought in Crown Courts in England and Wales in each of the last five years; and what the outcomes of those prosecutions were.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4030", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Karl Turner"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Kingston upon Hull East"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Karl Turner"} ], "uin" : "879"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/731948", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Attorney General"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/731948/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Progress is being made on the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation into allegations concerning GPT and aspects of the conduct of their business in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. However, as was the position in December 2016, it would not be appropriate for me to discuss the status of a live criminal investigation further at this stage.<\/p>
CPS Area<\/p><\/td> | Outstanding Debt<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern<\/p><\/td> | £2,963,978<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Midlands<\/p><\/td> | £6,112,440<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
London<\/p><\/td> | £30,200,496<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Merseyside & Cheshire<\/p><\/td> | £2,200,543<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North East<\/p><\/td> | £3,269,540<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North West<\/p><\/td> | £9,622,411<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South East<\/p><\/td> | £9,193,325<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South West<\/p><\/td> | £3,953,153<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thames & Chiltern<\/p><\/td> | £7,197,057<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wales - Cymru<\/p><\/td> | £4,645,004<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wessex<\/p><\/td> | £1,097,810<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Midlands<\/p><\/td> | £14,005,735<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yorkshire & Humberside<\/p><\/td> | £10,615,319<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Organised Crime Division<\/p><\/td> | £47,783,983<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Specialist Fraud Division<\/p><\/td> | £401,017,161<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Special Crime & Counter Terrorism Division<\/p><\/td> | £60,456<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total<\/p><\/td> | £553,938,410<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Domestic confiscation orders, once obtained are enforced by Her Majesty\u2019s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS). The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) assists in the enforcement process in situations where it can add value, such as by managing restraint orders, seeking the appointment of enforcement receivers and, in relation to assets held overseas, seeking assistance from other jurisdictions. When the CPS can no longer add value to the enforcement of a confiscation order, the responsibility for enforcement reverts to HMCTS and the CPS no longer monitors its progress.<\/p> The CPS only retains data on those orders in which it assists in the enforcement process. The latest data relates to March 2017.<\/p> <\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1560", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Kenilworth and Southam"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jeremy Wright"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-06-26", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-06-26T15:54:38.897Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "88"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-06-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Confiscation Orders"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Answer of 20 April 2017 to Question 70644, on confiscation orders, what the outstanding debt is by Crown Prosecution Service Area.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4030", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Karl Turner"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Kingston upon Hull East"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Karl Turner"} ], "uin" : "296"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/731229", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Attorney General"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/731229/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Government is committed to strengthening the UK's response to bribery, corruption, money laundering, fraud and other forms of economic crime.<\/p> <\/p> The Government is continuing to review options to improve the effectiveness of the UK's response to economic crime, and any measures resulting from this work will be announced in due course.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1560", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Kenilworth and Southam"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jeremy Wright"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-06-27", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-06-27T11:08:22.883Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "88"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-06-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Serious Fraud Office"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Serious Fraud Office's news release of 20 June 2017, SFO charges in Barclays Qatar capital raising case, whether he has re-assessed the merits of maintaining the Serious Fraud Office as a separate office.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4523", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Catherine West"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hornsey and Wood Green"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Catherine West"} ], "uin" : "252"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/731430", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Attorney General"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/731430/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of people who have been charged with, and prosecuted for, selling illegal tobacco. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.<\/p> The Tobacco Products Duty Act 1979 relates to the excise duty on tobacco products. Section 8G(4) and 8H(6) of the act was inserted by the Finance Act 2000 and creates the offences of (a) possess, transport or display unmarked tobacco products otherwise than as described and (b) selling, offering to sell or otherwise deals in unmarked tobacco products; or suffers premises to be used for the sale of unmarked tobacco products. In these sections unmarked products mean tobacco products that are subject to fiscal marking but do not carry compliant duty-paid fiscal mark.<\/p> Although it is not possible to identify the number of people charged with particular offences, records are held showing the overall number of offences in which a prosecution commenced in the Magistrates\u2019 courts. The table below shows the number of offences, rather than defendants, charged by way of the Tobacco Products Duty Act 1979. A single defendant may be charged with more than one offence. Data are only available since 2011-12. Prior to this date, prosecutions under this legislation were carried out by the Revenue and Customers Prosecution Office (RCPO).<\/p>
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