Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many NCA-led arrests there have been in each country of the UK in each year since 2015.
The breakdown for NCA-led arrests in each country of the UK since 2015 is as follows:
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
England and Wales | 1,436 | 1,337 | 753 |
Northern Ireland | 34 | 28 | 16 |
Scotland | 10 | 10 | 12 |
UK Total | 1,480 | 1,375 | 781 |
The lower number of NCA's recorded arrests in 2017 is attributable to several factors, including the Agency's wider strategic intent to increase the focus on all forms of disruptive activity and targeting those criminals engaged at the highest end of offending.