Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many times her Department has referred cases of suspected bribery, fraud or money laundering concerning UK aid money to (a) the Serious Fraud Office and (b) the Crown Prosecution Service since 2009-10.
Answered by Justine Greening
It is not the policy of this Department to comment on Serious Fraud Office or Crown Prosecution Service matters.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will place in the Library any correspondence her Department has received from the Serious Fraud Office on what steps it is taking to investigate reports referred to it by her Department that UK aid may have been channelled via CDC Group and Energy Capital Partners into companies linked to James Ibori; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Justine Greening
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to her by the Solicitor General on 15 July 2014, Official Report, column 592W.