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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 Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs) the Serious Fraud Office has entered into in each of the last 10 years.

Answer

Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs) have been available to prosecutors since February 2014. The SFO has agreed five DPAs with UK companies since the legislation came into force, three of which were for overseas corruption offences.

Full details of all DPAs are available on the SFO’s website at: https://www.sfo.gov.uk/publications/guidance-policy-and-protocols/deferred-prosecution-agreements/.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
291353
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Fraud Prosecutions
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk