Asked by: Baroness Hodge of Barking (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people received UK citizenship through the Tier 1 Investor Visa between 30 June 2008 and 6 April 2015.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat
The data is not available. Immigration statistics for the period 2008 to 2015 are published at Migration statistics.
While these include statistics for naturalisation as a British citizen based on residence, they do not identify the specific routes of entry used to secure that residence.
Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Asked by: Baroness Hodge of Barking (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of criminal charges for evasion of financial sanctions from February 2022 to date.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat
Due to operational security matters, the National Crime Agency (NCA) cannot provide this information.
The Combatting Kleptocracy Cell (CKC) was established in the NCA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The CKC builds on the NCA’s existing expertise and uses all available capabilities to crack down on sanctions evasion and high-end money laundering. The CKC forms an integral part of the wider government response to Russia-linked illicit finance.
Asked by: Baroness Hodge of Barking (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of arrests for criminal evasion of financial sanctions from February 2022 to date.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat
Due to operational security matters, the National Crime Agency (NCA) cannot provide this information.
The Combatting Kleptocracy Cell (CKC) was established in the NCA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The CKC builds on the NCA’s existing expertise and uses all available capabilities to crack down on sanctions evasion and high-end money laundering. The CKC forms an integral part of the wider government response to Russia-linked illicit finance.
Asked by: Baroness Hodge of Barking (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Account Freezing Orders have been made on accounts (a) intended for use in criminal sanctions evasion and (b) believed to contain the proceeds of sanctions evasion since February 2022.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat
Due to reasons of operational security, the National Crime Agency (NCA) cannot provide this information.
This Government has recovered more criminal assets than ever before. Between 2016/17 and 2021/22, just over £1.4bn was taken out of the hands of criminals using Proceeds of Crime Act powers.
Asked by: Baroness Hodge of Barking (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of Forfeiture Orders granted as a result of Account Freezing Orders made on accounts (a) intended for use in criminal sanctions evasion or (b) which contain the proceeds of sanctions evasion from February 2022 to date.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat
Due to reasons of operational security, the National Crime Agency (NCA) cannot provide this information.
This Government has recovered more criminal assets than ever before. Between 2016/17 and 2021/22, just over £1.4bn was taken out of the hands of criminals using Proceeds of Crime Act powers.
Asked by: Baroness Hodge of Barking (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, applied for an anonymity order in relation to an application for leave to remain.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Home Office does not comment on individual cases.
Asked by: Baroness Hodge of Barking (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mr Nawaz Sharif, applied for leave to remain in the UK.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Home Office does not comment on individual cases.
Asked by: Baroness Hodge of Barking (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish the Government's Review into people who had entered the UK under the Tier 1 (Investor) immigration route between 30 June 2008 and 6 April 2015.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat
We have published key findings from the review. The review gathered information on high-risk individuals, including from law enforcement partners.
To protect operational sensitivities in the law enforcement process, we will not make any further comment, at the request of agencies.
Asked by: Baroness Hodge of Barking (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the National Crime Agency's statement of 3 December 2022 which reported that it had secured100 disruptions against Putin-linked elites and their enablers, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of those disruptions which were classified as (a) major, (b) moderate and (c) minor.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat
The National Crime Agency’s Combatting Kleptocracy Cell (CKC) has been tasked with investigating criminal sanctions evasion and high-end money laundering, including by individuals in the UK who are linked to the Russian regime.
Of the total CKC disruptions recorded, from the invasion of Ukraine to date, they are split approximately a third each between major, moderate and minor. For reasons of operational security we are not able to provide further details publicly.
Asked by: Baroness Hodge of Barking (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the National Crime Agency press release, entitled Wealthy Russian businessman arrested on suspicion of multiple offences, published on 3 December, how many of the 100 actions that demonstrably remove or reduce a criminal threat secured by the Agency against Putin-linked persons have resulted in money being (a) frozen under a UK sanctions regime, (b) frozen under the sanctions regime of another jurisdiction, (c) frozen under civil recovery provisions in the UK and (d) frozen under civil recovery provisions of another jurisdiction.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat
The National Crime Agency’s Combatting Kleptocracy Cell (CKC) has been tasked with investigating criminal sanctions evasion and high-end money laundering, including by individuals in the UK who are linked to the Russian regime.
Of the total CKC disruptions recorded, from the invasion of Ukraine to date, 42% have involved the freezing of funds. Of this, approximately 55% have resulted in money being frozen under a UK sanctions regime; 20% have resulted in money being frozen under the sanctions regime of another jurisdiction; 25% have resulted in money being frozen under civil recovery provisions in the UK; and none have resulted in money being frozen under civil recovery provisions of another jurisdiction.