Home Department written question – answered at on 21 March 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many confiscation orders were (a) issued and (b) successfully enforced under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in each year since that Act came into force; and what the value of assets confiscated under that Act is for each year since 2002.
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Figures from the Joint Asset Recovery Database are as follows:
Confiscation Orders made under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 | |||
Orders issued | Orders completed | Value of orders completed (£) | |
2002 | 5 | 5 | 24,186.53 |
2003 | 74 | 68 | 779,919.45 |
2004 | 1,159 | 1,064 | 9,319,757.83 |
2005 | 2,651 | 2,388 | 24,663,043.10 |
2006 | 3,324 | 2,938 | 39,307,987.78 |
2007 | 4,109 | 3,609 | 50,610,047.24 |
2008 | 5,147 | 4,455 | 64,007,503.18 |
2009 | 5,169 | 4,423 | 59,680,928.19 |
2010 | 5,880 | 4,880 | 70,486,781.89 |
2011 | 5,971 | 4,731 | 66,164,921.05 |
2012 (up to 31 March 2012) | 1,582 | 1,170 | 11,299,674.00 |
Total | 35,071 | 29,731 | 396,344,750.24 |
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