Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, how much funding his Department allocated to the Serious Fraud Office in each year since 2016; and how many staff the Serious Fraud Office employed in each year since 2016.

Details of funding and staffing for the Serious Fraud Office covering the years 2015-16 and 2016-17 can be found in the respective SFO Annual Report and Accounts. These are laid before the House each year and deposited in the Library of the House. These can also be accessed online at: www.sfo.gov.uk/publications/corporate-information/annual-reports-accounts/. Details for financial year 2017-2018 are due to published later this year once the 2017-18 Annual Report and Accounts have been prepared and then audited by the National Audit Office.