Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason no economic crime or anti-corruption NGOs were brought on to the board of the new Economic Crime Strategic Board.

The Economic Crime Strategic Board (ECSB) will drive the public and private sector response to economic crime by: setting priorities; directing resources; and scrutinising performance against the economic crime threat. Board members include the UK’s Anti-Corruption Champion whose role is to oversee the government’s response to domestic and international corruption.

The Champion and other Board Members regularly engage with external stakeholders, including civil society organisations. This provides civil society with a channel to share their views with the ECSB on the development and implementation of policy. Other board members include other government Ministers, heads of law enforcement, CEOs of the major banks and senior representatives from the accountancy, legal and property sectors.