Confiscation Orders
(asked on 21st June 2017) - View Source
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Answer of 20 April 2017 to Question 70644, on confiscation orders, what the outstanding debt is by Crown Prosecution Service Area.
As of the 1 March 2017, the outstanding debt by CPS Area is set out in the table below:
CPS Area | Outstanding Debt |
Eastern | £2,963,978 |
East Midlands | £6,112,440 |
London | £30,200,496 |
Merseyside & Cheshire | £2,200,543 |
North East | £3,269,540 |
North West | £9,622,411 |
South East | £9,193,325 |
South West | £3,953,153 |
Thames & Chiltern | £7,197,057 |
Wales - Cymru | £4,645,004 |
Wessex | £1,097,810 |
West Midlands | £14,005,735 |
Yorkshire & Humberside | £10,615,319 |
Organised Crime Division | £47,783,983 |
Specialist Fraud Division | £401,017,161 |
Special Crime & Counter Terrorism Division | £60,456 |
Total | £553,938,410 |
Domestic confiscation orders, once obtained are enforced by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS). The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) assists in the enforcement process in situations where it can add value, such as by managing restraint orders, seeking the appointment of enforcement receivers and, in relation to assets held overseas, seeking assistance from other jurisdictions. When the CPS can no longer add value to the enforcement of a confiscation order, the responsibility for enforcement reverts to HMCTS and the CPS no longer monitors its progress.
The CPS only retains data on those orders in which it assists in the enforcement process. The latest data relates to March 2017.