PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Confiscation Orders (21 June 2017)
Question Asked
Asked by:
Karl Turner (Independent)
Answer
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.
Answered by:
Sir Jeremy Wright (Conservative)
26 June 2017
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