Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) annual budget and (b) staff headcount has been for the National Crime Agency's Financial Intelligence Unit in each of the last three years.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security)
The UKFIU and POCC are funded through a mixture of NCA core funding and external funding.
UKFIU headcount at the end of each FY:
UKFIU budget (external funding):
UKFIU budget (core funding):
PoCC budget
Proceeds of Crime Centre headcount at the end of each FY:
Proceeds of Crime Centre Financial Investigator accreditations:
Proceeds of Crime Centre Financial Intelligence Officer accreditations:
Pay costs are not delegated to project areas, so are not included in these totals.
Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) budget and (b) headcount was for the National Crime Agency's Proceeds of Crime Centre in financial year (i) 2021-22, (ii) 2022-23 and (iii) 2023-24; and how many accreditations were issued to financial investigators in each of those financial years.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security)
The UKFIU and POCC are funded through a mixture of NCA core funding and external funding.
UKFIU headcount at the end of each FY:
UKFIU budget (external funding):
UKFIU budget (core funding):
PoCC budget
Proceeds of Crime Centre headcount at the end of each FY:
Proceeds of Crime Centre Financial Investigator accreditations:
Proceeds of Crime Centre Financial Intelligence Officer accreditations:
Pay costs are not delegated to project areas, so are not included in these totals.
Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how his Department has spent revenues received through the Asset Recovery Incentivisation Scheme in each year since 2017.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security)
The Home Office’s share of ARIS receipts represents the core funding that would otherwise be paid by HMT as part of the regular Spending Review.
That funding supports Home Office investment in priority front line activity, including supporting and safeguarding victims, delivering the policy response to Economic Crime and the National Cyber Strategy, and delivering statutory obligations.
Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how funds received by HM Courts and Tribunals Service through the Asset Recovery Incentivisation Scheme have been spent in each year since 2017.
Answered by Mike Freer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
Confiscation orders are the principal means by which the Government carries out its policy to deprive criminals of the proceeds of their crime. They are used with the intent to disrupt and deter criminality. Receipts from confiscation orders, excluding any compensation amounts, are paid to the Home Office by agreement with HM Treasury. The Home Office remains the lead department on confiscation orders, and each financial year distributes a proportion of the funds it collected to partner agencies (including the Ministry of Justice). This funding is provided by the Home Office to respective partner agencies with a primary purpose of investing in asset recovery capabilities.
Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, pursuant to the Answer of 2 May 2024 to Question 23506 on British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies: Companies, whether his Department plans to set a timetable for the introduction of public registers of beneficial ownership in the Overseas Territories.
Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
In December, I [Minister Rutley] laid a Written Statement (HCWS150) that outlined Overseas Territories' commitments and timelines to implement public registers, either public registers accessible to all members of the public or public registers with access predicated on 'legitimate interest'. We are providing technical and financial assistance to expedite implementation in 2024 of these public registers. Where public access is predicated on 'legitimate interest' I have clearly stated to OT Governments the UK's expectation that this will be expansive, including media and civil society, among others, and an interim step to providing access to all members of the public in due course.
Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individuals have been convicted for breaches of the Money Laundering Regulations in each of the last five years.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
The majority of businesses supervised by HMRC are compliant and play an important role in our financial system.
Those who fail to comply with the Money Laundering Regulations leave themselves, and the UK economy, open to attacks by criminals. HMRC takes a robust approach to non-compliance and uses a wide range of measures to tackle those who breach the regulations, including civil penalties as well as criminal prosecutions.
HMRC does not publish the data of the number of prosecutions under the Money Laundering Regulations but details of other supervisory sanctions applied can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/businesses-not-complying-with-money-laundering-regulations-in-2018-to-2019/businesses-that-have-not-complied-with-the-regulations-2023-to-2024
Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the HMRC registration is for the trust or company service provider that provides a company registered address for 115 live UK companies at 19 Brignall Moor Crescent, Darlington, United Kingdom DL1 4SQ.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
HMRC’s register of Trust or Company Service Providers (TCSPs) does not show any TCSPs with any of those registered office addresses; and none of the TCSPs supervised by HMRC lists the addresses as business premises. HMRC supervises only those TCSPs which are not supervised by a professional body supervisor or the Financial Conduct Authority.Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the HMRC registration is for the trust or company service provider that provides a company registered address for 97 live UK companies at 8 Gertrude Street, Grimsby, United Kingdom DN32 0JN.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
HMRC’s register of Trust or Company Service Providers (TCSPs) does not show any TCSPs with any of those registered office addresses; and none of the TCSPs supervised by HMRC lists the addresses as business premises. HMRC supervises only those TCSPs which are not supervised by a professional body supervisor or the Financial Conduct Authority.Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the HMRC registration is for the trust or company service provider that provides a company registered address for 113 live UK companies at 1 Wembley Avenue, Blackpool, United Kingdom FY3 7DU.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
HMRC’s register of Trust or Company Service Providers (TCSPs) does not show any TCSPs with any of those registered office addresses; and none of the TCSPs supervised by HMRC lists the addresses as business premises. HMRC supervises only those TCSPs which are not supervised by a professional body supervisor or the Financial Conduct Authority.Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the HMRC registration is for the trust or company service provider that provides a company registered address for 113 live UK companies at 1 Wembley Avenue, Blackpool, United Kingdom FY3 7DU.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
HMRC’s register of Trust or Company Service Providers (TCSPs) does not show any TCSPs with any of those registered office addresses; and none of the TCSPs supervised by HMRC lists the addresses as business premises. HMRC supervises only those TCSPs which are not supervised by a professional body supervisor or the Financial Conduct Authority.