Written question asked by Owen Paterson (Conservative) on Wednesday, 10 December 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 December 2008. It was answered by Alan Campbell (Labour) on Tuesday, 13 January 2009 on behalf of the Home Office.

Assets Recovery Agency

Question: (7) how many cases were adopted by the Assets Recovery Agency for civil or tax investigation in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) the UK in (i) 2003-04, (ii) 2004-05, (iii) 2005-06, (iv) 2006-07 and (v) 2007-08.

Answer: Information on (a) cases referred to and adopted by the Assets Recovery Agency and the value of assets involved; and on (b) cases concluded and the value of assets involved was included in the Annual Reports of the Agency, which were laid before Parliament, and in the relevant Annual Resource Accounts.Some Northern Ireland-specific data can be found in the Northern Ireland Organised Crime Task Force's (OCTF) Annual Report and Threat Assessment for the requisite year, which are available from the OCTF website: www.octf.gov.uk or from the Northern Ireland Office website: www.nio.gov.uk

Secondary information