Emily Thornberry: To ask the Attorney-General how much of its annual budget the Serious Fraud Office has spent on tracing and recovering the proceeds of crime in each of the last five years.
The Solicitor-General (Oliver Heald): The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) established a dedicated Proceeds of Crime Unit in May 2009, therefore it is not possible to give details of the spend on proceeds of crime work prior to that date.
Proceeds of Crime Unit Budget (£million)
Proportion of SFO Budget (%)
2009-2010
1.42
3
2010-2011
1.39
3
2011-2012
1.27
4
Emily Thornberry: To ask the Attorney-General what the total value was of the proceeds of crime retained by the Crown Prosecution Service under the ARIS incentive scheme in each of the last three years; and what proportion of the annual budget this formed in each case.
The Solicitor-General: The Crown Prosecution Service has retained the following amounts under the ARIS incentive scheme in the last three years:
£
2009-2010
13,673,000
2010-2011
14,718,000
2011-2012
14,905,000
In proportion to the Crown Prosecution Service's gross resource departmental expenditure limit, these sums constitute the following percentages:
%
2009-2010
1.81
2010-2011
2.06
2011-2012
2.21
Emily Thornberry: To ask the Attorney-General what the total value was of the proceeds of crime retained by the Serious Fraud Office under the ARIS incentive scheme in each of the last three years; and what proportion of the annual budget this formed in each case.
The Solicitor-General: The information requested is provided in the following table.
Value of ‘ARIS receipts (£ million)
Proportion of SFO Budget (%)
2009-2010
2.98
6.8
2010-2011
3.74
9.1
2011-2012
6.65
18.6