Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many instances of suspected corruption or bribery UKEF has reported to law enforcement officials in the last 12 months.

UK Export Finance (UKEF) is not an investigatory body.

During the last twelve months UKEF has referred between 0 and 10 instances of suspected bribery to law enforcement officials.

The release of the exact numbers of businesses referred by UKEF to law enforcement authorities on suspicion of bribery or corruption may be likely to lead to the identification of an organisation, without any actual wrongdoing necessarily having been substantiated.