PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Human Trafficking (3 June 2016)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total amount (a) awarded and (b) recovered was from individuals convicted of human trafficking offences in each of the last three years; and how much of the money so recovered was allocated to (i) the Treasury, (ii) the police and (iii) the victim.

Asked by:
Sarah Champion (Labour)

The information relating to the amounts recovered and distributed in relation to human trafficking in each of the last three years is given in the table below. It should be noted that during the period in question, the Government introduced the Modern Slavery Act 2015, which gives law enforcement agencies better tools to tackle modern slavery and created a new statutory defence to further protect victims.

The amount recovered only includes money collected from confiscation orders and cash forfeitures under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. The amount paid in compensation only includes that paid out of the money collected under confiscation orders.

Under the Asset Recovery Incentivisation Scheme, the Government invests 50% of any recovered assets that remain once compensation has been paid to victims into frontline operational agencies, including the police, in order to incentivise the use of asset recovery powers.

PROCEEDS RECOVERED IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASES

Year	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16
Amount recovered	£1,537,048.80	£1,079,261.11	£541,565.76
Compensation paid to victims	NIL	£53,745.74	£102,198.52
Amount paid to the police	£48,089.57	£67,459.96	£96,026.21
Amount paid to other frontline operational agencies	£703,572.21	£435,597.92	£119,905.91
Retained by central Government	£751,661.79	£503,057.89	£215,932.12

Data is extracted from reports run on 6 June 2016 using the Joint Asset Recovery Database (JARD). JARD is a central repository of information relating to the seizure of the proceeds of crime using Proceeds of Crime Act powers. JARD is a live database which is continually updated. As such, the data provided may vary from reports run on earlier or later dates.

Answered by:
Dame Karen Bradley (Conservative)
15 June 2016