Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws on 2016-01-20.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the letter by Lord Bates to Lord Rosser on 8 January (DEP2016–0028) and the remarks by Lords Bates on 18 January (HL Deb, col 624), which immigration offences led, following conviction, to the forfeiture of assets totalling £966,024 in 2014–15; and how much was forfeited in total for each offence.
Lord Bates
There were 16 confiscation orders amounting to £966,024, these are broken down to the following offences.
|
Offence |
Amount |
|
Forgery and Counterfeiting |
£162,997.55 |
|
Facilitation investigation |
£10,665.95 |
|
Sham Marriage – assisting unlawful immigration |
£85,519.29 |
|
Fraud and Money Laundering |
£2.00 |
|
Conspiracy to Facilitate a Breach of Immigration Law |
£25,466.62 |
|
Conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration |
£330,352.72 |
|
Fraud by false representation |
£1,020.32 |
|
Assisting Unlawful Immigration into the UK |
£350,000.00 |
In the case of Money Laundering, the small total is because of nominal confiscation orders. A nominal confiscation order for a small amount (such as £1), may be imposed where the court finds that the defendant has benefitted from his criminal conduct, but has no realisable assets. If circumstances change then the order can be revisited.
