Written question asked by Lady Hermon (Ulster Unionist Party) on Friday, 16 May 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 20 May 2008. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Thursday, 5 June 2008 on behalf of the Home Office.

Proceeds of Crime

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) interim receiving orders, (b) property freezing orders, (c) Mareva injunctions and (d) freezing orders were granted under or ancillary to proceedings under Part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in (i) England and Wales and (ii) Northern Ireland in each year of the Assets Recovery Agency's existence.

Answer

The information requested is set out in the following table.

Assets Recovery Agency
	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
	Total	NI	Total	NI	Total	NI	Total	NI	Total	NI
Interim Receiving Order	12	2	20	8	25	15	7	5	1	1
Mareva Injunction/Freezing Order	12	3	6	0	14	1	2	0	0	0
Property Freezing Order	—	—	—	—	6	1	48	7	22	4

Secondary information