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Home Office

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Mr. Byrne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the value was of assets (a) seized and (b) frozen under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in (i) 2002 and (ii) 2003, broken down by region. [197625] Caroline Flint: The total value of criminal assets recovered under all proceeds of crime legislation was £47 million in 2002-03 and £54.5 million in 2003-04. The £47 million comprises £41 million in confiscation orders and £6 million in cash forfeitures. The £54.5 million comprises £38.9 million in confiscation orders and £15.6 million in cash forfeitures. The confiscation and restraint powers in the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 are triggered by offences committed after the provisions were brought into force on 24 March 2003. The total value of receipts recovered under the Act in 2003-04 was just over £5 million comprising £4.7 million in cash forfeitures and £343,671 in confiscation order receipts. Information on the value of cash forfeitures broken down by region is not available. Table A shows the value of confiscation order receipts under proceeds of crime legislation broken down by magistrates courts committee areas in 2002-03 and 2003-04. Table B shows the value of restraint orders made in 2003-04 under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 by the Crown Prosecution Service broken down by area. Information on the value of restraint orders made by HM Customs and Excise is not available. In 2003-04 the Assets Recovery Agency had 24 civil recovery cases subject to freezing orders with a total value of £14.1 million. Table A: Summary of total receipts remitted to the Secretary of State by legislation and MCC area, 2002-03 and 2003-04 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ 2002-03 2003-04 MCC area Total Pre-POCA POCA Total Avon and Somerset 284,115.70 640,304.89 0.00 640,304.89 Bedfordshire 65,321.02 229,846.45 0.00 229,846.45 Cambridgeshire 193,497.68 370,588.65 12,523.94 383,112.59 Cheshire 50,926.99 106,589.47 0.00 106,589.47 Cleveland 24,110.29 346,485.27 0.00 346,485.27 Cumbria 50,564.58 90,662.25 270.00 90,932.25 Derbyshire 334,352.50 95,612.92 0.00 95,612.92 Devon and Cornwall 176,686.75 765,092.18 0.00 765,092.18 Dorset 203,615.78 187,149.28 8,991.83 196,141.11 Durham 23,252.78 231,314.25 0.00 231,314.25 Essex 920,701.63 596,219.38 61,915.30 658,134.68 Gloucestershire 727,753.72 37,840.12 0.00 37,840.12 Greater London (GLMCA) 20,851,102.35 12,550,941.58 102,892.82 12,653,834.40 Greater Manchester 1,614,785.00 1,654,899.81 165,119.51 11,720,019.32 Hampshire and Isle of Wight 626,592.79 360,893.16 8,858.96 369,752.12 Hertfordshire 494,871.53 287,797.90 0.00 287,797.90 Humberside 343,107.88 767,476.56 0.00 767,476.56 Kent 1,537,885.81 2,249,555.73 9,635.83 2,259,191.56 Lancashire 253,096.85 1,003,473.83 117.00 1,003,590.83 Leicestershire2 219,295.30 0.00 0.00 0.00 Lincolnshire 223,300.13 133,482.19 670.00 134,152.19 Merseyside 560,093.54 980,907.40 0.00 980,907.40 Norfolk 265,989.78 323,890.64 0.00 323,890.64 North Yorkshire2 112,724.76 0.00 0.00 0.00 Northamptonshire 112,832.51 239,973.04 0.00 239,973.04 Northumbria 57,869.23 505,291.22 0.00 505,291.22 Nottinghamshire 527,948.83 941,697.98 650.00 942,347.98 South Yorkshire 55,659.00 433,345.30 420.00 433,765.30 Staffordshire 253,614.60 952,932.01 0.00 952,932.01 Suffolk 880,304.39 52,091.68 3,228.42 55,320.10 Surrey 1,683,278.27 527,494.48 7,700.00 535,194.48 Sussex 1,801,592.26 2,905,899.70 3,619.75 2,909,519.45 Thames Valley 1,023,789.75 726,864.09 41,733.35 768,597.44 Warwickshire 626,758.00 285,330.00 0.00 285,330.00 West Mercia 4,241.43 345,176.40 0.00 345,176.40 West Midlands 2,967,853.21 1,302,619.38 5,724.25 1,308,343.63 West Yorkshire 387,089.70 2,820,648.45 0.00 2,820,648.45 Wiltshire2 193,557.00 22,915.24 0.00 22,915.24 England 40,734,133.32 36,073,302.88 1268,951.45 136,407,373.84 Dyfed-Powys 36,170.45 411,312.92 0.00 411,312.92 Gwent 82,011.63 71,119.13 0.00 71,119.13 North Wales 122,514.88 1,774,595.21 0.00 1,774,595.21 South Wales 32,905.55 182,825.15 9,600.00 192,425.15 Wales 273,602.51 2,439,852.41 9,600.00 2,449,452.41 England and Wales 41,007,735.83 38,513,155.29 1343,670.96 138,856,826.25 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Greater Manchester MCC only able to supply data for total POCA offences (offence category not separately identifiable) for Q3 and Q4. 2 Data from MCC area not received for all or part of 2003-04. Table B: Value of POCA restraint orders 2003-04 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ 42 areas Value P01--Avon and Somerset 409,804.99 P02--Bedfordshire -- P03--Cambridgeshire -- P04--Cheshire -- P06--Cleveland 75,251.88 P07--Cumbria 293,983.00 P08--Derbyshire -- P09--Devon and Cornwall -- P10--Dorset 124,635.18 P11--Durham 100,000.00 P12--Dyfed Powys -- P13--Essex 15,313.36 P14--Gloucestershire -- P15--Greater Manchester 250,000.00 P16--Gwent 1,295,000.00 P17--Hampshire -- P18--Hertfordshire 1,570,000.00 P19--Humberside -- P20--Kent -- P21--Lancashire 1,570,000.00 P22--Leicestershire -- P23--Lincolnshire -- P24--Merseyside -- P25--Metropolitan and City 1,372,268.68 P26--Norfolk -- P27--Northamptonshire -- P28--Northumbria 100,000.00 P29--North Wales -- P30--North Yorkshire -- P31--Nottinghamshire 70,256.57 P32--South Wales 1,913,638.65 P33--South Yorkshire 540.00 P34--Staffordshire 1,153,000.00 P35--Suffolk 1,751,172.50 P36--Surrey 183,150.00 P37--Sussex 1,934,322.50 P38--Thames Valley -- P39--Warwickshire -- P40--West Mercia 21,000.00 P41--West Midlands 275,320.19 P42--West Yorkshire -- P43--Wiltshire -- Casework D Ludgate 736,661.46 Casework D York 71,000.00 Casework D Birmingham -- RART Wales 60,000.00 RART West Midlands -- RART North East -- RART North West -- CCB RO figures -- _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

197625; 426 c1447-50W;426 c1451-4W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Assets Confiscation orders Proceeds of crime Sequestration of assets Freezing of assets

Legislation

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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