Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many internal reports of suspicions of corruption have been made to UKEF's compliance Department in the last 12 months.

UK Export Finance’s (UKEF’s) Compliance Division has considered internal reports and referrals on around 40 transactions in the last 12 months. These do not always relate to active suspicions, however. UKEF has policies in place which require certain high-risk indicators and red flags to be referred to its Compliance Division for consideration and analysis.