Written question asked by Yasmin Qureshi (Labour) on Thursday, 26 September 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 30 September 2019. It was answered by Michael Ellis (Conservative) on Friday, 4 October 2019 on behalf of the Attorney General.

Fraud: Prosecutions

Question: To ask the Attorney General, how many cases have been prosecuted by the Serious Fraud Office in each of the last ten years.

Answer

The SFO exists to tackle the most serious and complex cases of fraud, bribery and corruption. The SFO’s remit is to investigate and, where appropriate, prosecute those cases that fall within this remit.

Please find a breakdown of Serious Fraud Office (SFO) prosecutions by case in each financial year:

Financial Year	Number of Cases
2009/10	8
2010/11	4
2011/12	7
2012/13	5
2013/14	7
2014/15	4
2015/16	5
2016/17	7
2017/18	3
2018/19	2
Total	52

Please note we interpret the prosecution of an SFO case to begin from the date of the first charge brought against an individual or organisation in a case. More information about our cases is available online at https://www.sfo.gov.uk/our-cases/.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 291351
Session: 2017-19
Subjects: Fraud Prosecutions
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Fraud: Prosecutions

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