Asked by: Tom Blenkinsop (Labour - Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Serious Fraud Office's incorrect reclamation of VAT on fees it paid to barristers and other contractors; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Oliver Heald
The incorrect reclamation of VAT by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is an historical event which the Director of the SFO has taken steps to deal with. I am satisfied that it has no implications for the policies of the SFO.
Asked by: Tom Blenkinsop (Labour - Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 40W, how many offences charged under section 14(1) and 22 of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 reached a first hearing in magistrates' court in each year since 2008.
Answered by Oliver Heald
The number of offences charged under section 14(1) and 22 of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 that reached a first hearing in magistrates' courts in each year since 2008 are:
Make a counterfeit of a protected coin with intent | Make a counterfeit of a currency note with intent |
Total | |
2008 | 2 | 22 | 24 |
2009 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
2010 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
2011 | 3 | 17 | 20 |
2012 | 2 | 12 | 14 |
2013 | 2 | 13 | 15 |
Total | 9 | 72 | 81 |