Fraud: Prosecutions

(asked on 22nd February 2022) - View Source

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, how many Deferred Prosecution Agreements the Serious Fraud Office signed in each year since 2010.


Answered by
Alex Chalk Portrait
Alex Chalk
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
This question was answered on 2nd March 2022

Since Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs) were introduced in 2014, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has signed a total of 12. The table below provides details of the number of DPAs signed each year since their introduction in 2014.

Year

2015

2016

2017

2019

2020

2021

Total

DPAs signed

1

1

2

2

3

3

12

Since 2010, 122 SFO led prosecutions have resulted in a conviction. The table below provides details of the number of prosecutions that led to a conviction in each year since 2010, and whether these relate to a corporate entity or an individual.

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

total

Corporate

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

8

Individuals

1

8

20

14

17

5

9

12

19

5

2

2

114

Total

2

8

20

14

18

6

10

13

20

5

2

4

122

In 2022, the SFO is taking forward 7 trials, involving 20 defendants charged against a total of 80 counts. The high volume of trials taking place this year is in part a result of trials not being able to go ahead during the pandemic.

Detailed information regarding SFO prosecutions and DPAs can be found on their website: https://www.sfo.gov.uk/.

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