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Written question asked by Phil Brickell (Labour) on Monday, 22 June 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 24 June 2026. It was answered by Angela Eagle (Labour) on Monday, 29 June 2026 on behalf of the Home Office.


National Crime Agency: Corruption and Economic Crime

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the percentage of the National Crime Agency’s core annual budget for each of the last five years that was spent on tackling economic crime and corruption.

Answer

As a matter of longstanding policy, the National Crime Agency does not provide breakdowns and estimates on the specific budget allocations to target particular crime types.

Details about the Agency’s budgets can be found online in our Annual Report and Accounts https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/who-we-are/publications/757-nca-annual-report-accounts-2024-25/file.

The FTE counts for the teams requested are:

May 2022

May 2023

May 2024

May 2025

May 2026

National Economic Crime Centre

89.98

94.12

110.04

121.69

121.12

UK Financial Intelligence Unit

149.07

173.55

178.79

178.41

187.57

Proceeds of Crime Centre

19.26

16.99

22.2

21.6

22.6

We are unable to provide FTE figures for all requested teams due to reasons of operational sensitivity.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
11963
Session
2026-27
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Corruption Expenditure National Crime Agency Economic crime
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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