As part of his Review of Military Medals, Sir John Holmes reviewed the case for a National Defence Medal. An options paper was produced and a copy of this paper was placed in the Libraries of both Houses on 29 July 2014, accompanying the Written Ministerial Statement on the Military Medals Review by the Lord Privy Seal on the same day.<\/p>
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The table below shows the number of defendants prosecuted and finalised in 2013-14 by the Crown Prosecution Service in each business area and the Central Casework Division, where the Principal Offence was categorised as \u2018Fraud and Forgery\u2019.<\/p>
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The category of \u2018Fraud and Forgery, comprises a number of offences including offences prosecuted by way of the Fraud Act 2006, fraudulently evading income tax, VAT, excise duty or national insurance, bankruptcy offences, money laundering, forgery or using a false instrument and obtaining property, services or pecuniary advantage by deception.<\/p>
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<\/p><\/td> | 2013-2014<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cymru Wales<\/p><\/td> 426<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Eastern<\/p><\/td> 683<\/p><\/td><\/tr> East Midlands<\/p><\/td> 570<\/p><\/td><\/tr> London<\/p><\/td> 3,196<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Merseyside & Cheshire<\/p><\/td> 528<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North East<\/p><\/td> 577<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North West<\/p><\/td> 931<\/p><\/td><\/tr> South East<\/p><\/td> 762<\/p><\/td><\/tr> South West<\/p><\/td> 558<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Thames and Chiltern<\/p><\/td> 802<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Wessex<\/p><\/td> 449<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Midlands<\/p><\/td> 824<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Yorkshire & Humberside<\/p><\/td> 933<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Central Casework Division<\/p><\/td> 6,803<\/p><\/td><\/tr> England<\/strong> & Wales<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 18,042<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Data Source: CPS Management Information System<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The Central Casework Division includes \u2018Fraud and Forgery\u2019 prosecutions previously undertaken by the prosecution function of the Department for Work and Pensions.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The Principal Offence Category is assigned at the end of a prosecution to indicate the most serious offence with which a defendant is charged at the time of finalisation. It is not possible to disaggregate the outcomes of individual offences, such as fraud, without undertaking a manual search of case records which would incur disproportionate cost.<\/p>"}
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