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Confiscation Orders

Asked by Ben GoldsboroughLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 26 July 2024UIN 298

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money has accrued to the public purse in confiscation orders in each year since 2010; and how much of that money was allocated in compensation to victims of crime in each year.

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson

The total value of confiscation order receipts and compensation paid to victims through confiscation order receipts for 2011/12 to 2022/23 is £1.7 billion and £281.7 million respectively, with the annual breakdown given below. Data for financial years 2011/12 to 2022/23 can be found in the annually published Asset recovery statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) We do not hold 2010/11 in a readily accessible format. The next publication covering financial year 2023/24 is due to be published in September. Table 1: Value of proceeds of crime recovered from Confiscation Orders and value of compensation paid to victims through confiscation order receipts in the jurisdictions of England and Wales and Northern Ireland, financial years 2011/12 to 2022/23

Financial Year

Confiscation Order Receipts (millions)

Compensation Paid (millions)

2011/12

£124.6

£22.7

2012/13

£134.9

£25.3

2013/14

£139.1

£28.5

2014/15

£157.1

£23.6

2015/16

£207.0

£38.4

2016/17

£161.0

£36.2

2017/18

£142.6

£30.7

2018/19

£167.5

£36.9

2019/20

£137.4

£30.9

2020/21

£98.9

£16.6

2021/22

£153.9

£22.7

2022/23

£179.0

£15.5

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