Tag: Emily Thornberry

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2014-07-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will place in the Library any correspondence her Department has received from the Serious Fraud Office on what steps it is taking to investigate reports referred to it by her Department that UK aid may have been channelled via CDC Group and Energy Capital Partners into companies linked to James Ibori; and if she will make a statement.

Justine Greening

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to her by the Solicitor General on 15 July 2014, Official Report, column 592W.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2014-06-24.

To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) investigations were carried out, (b) individuals were charged, (c) corporates were charged, (d) criminal prosecutions were launched and (e) criminal convictions were secured by the Serious Fraud Office in (i) 2012-13 and (ii) each of the five preceding years.

Mr Robert Buckland

11 convictions were secured in 2013/14 and 16 prosecutions were completed in 2013/14 (including those with convictions).

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigates and, where appropriate, prosecutes cases of serious or complex fraud (including cases of domestic or overseas bribery and corruption) which, in the opinion of the Director of the SFO, call for the multi-disciplinary approach and legislative powers available to the SFO. Since April 2012, the SFO’s caseload has been recalibrated so that it is taking on fewer and more complex cases, as envisaged by the Roskill model.

The SFO’s Intelligence Unit will assess all matters referred to the SFO whether by the public, the police or other agencies or organisations and refer those considered suitable for acceptance to a Case Evaluation Board before submission to the Director for his decision to open a criminal investigation under the Criminal Justice Act 1987.

SFO investigations are complex, and this can sometimes lead to investigations merging or splitting into different parts. For instance, the Libor investigation is into numerous financial institutions, and there are other large investigations which have been subdivided.

The information requested for earlier years is contained in the following table.

	2012/13	2011/12	2010/11	2009/10	2008/09	2007/08
Number of investigations opened	8	10	13	17	20	18
Number of individuals charged	18	24	25	57	31	20
Number of corporates charged	0	0	1	2	0	1
Number of convictions secured	14	39	23	24	33	17
Number of prosecutions completed by defendant (including those convicted)	20	54	28	26	54	25

Note 1: Two cases have been opened, closed, and then re-opened. These have been counted only once in the data above.

Note 2: Prior to April 2012 the SFO did not collate all of its casework data centrally and it is therefore possible that some records form this period may not have been identified. The SFO is currently carrying out a project to ensure that its reporting systems are more robust in the future.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2014-06-24.

To ask the Attorney General, how many directors of companies were disqualified as a result of a criminal investigation by the Serious Fraud Office in (a) 2012-13 and (b) each of the five preceding years.

Oliver Heald

The number of directors of companies disqualified on conviction following prosecution by the Serious Fraud Office were as follows:

2012/13	2011/12	2010/11	2009/10	2008/09
5	18	6	8	22

Data prior to 2008 is not collated centrally and it is not possible to provide the information requested without incurring a disproportionate cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2014-06-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cases of (a) rape, (b) sexual assault and (c) domestic violence were investigated by each branch of the Armed Forces Police where the alleged offending took place in the UK in each year from 2009 to 2013; and of these, how many were (i) not referred to a prosecutor, (ii) referred to the Crown Prosecution Service and (iii) referred to the Services Prosecution Authority.

Anna Soubry

All allegations of rape, sexual assaults and domestic violence made by members of the Armed Forces are thoroughly investigated by either the civil or Service police, depending upon who has jurisdiction. The tables below show the number of alleged cases of rape and sexual assault (including assault by penetration) that were investigated by each branch of the Service police where the alleged offence took place in the UK in each year from 2009 to 2013; the number not referred to a prosecutor; the number referred to the Service Prosecuting Authority (SPA); and the number still under investigation. The Service police do not refer investigations to the Crown Prosecution Service.

Rape- investigations by the Royal Navy Police (RNP)

Year	Total Investigated by RNP	Total Referred to SPA	Total Not Referred to SPA	Still Under Investigation
2009 (from 1 Nov)	0	0	0	0
2010	2	1	1	0
2011	0	0	0	0
2012	0	0	0	0
2013	1	1	0	0

Sexual Assault (including assault by penetration) Investigations by RNP

Year	Total Investigated by RNP	Total Referred to SPA	Total Not Referred to SPA	Still Under Investigation
2009 (from 1 Nov)	3	2	1	0
2010	1	1	0	0
2011	1	0	1	0
2012	2	0	2	0
2013	7	5	2	0

Rape- investigations by the Royal Military Police (RMP)

Year	Total Investigated by RMP	Total Referred to SPA	Total Not Referred to SPA	Still Under Investigation
2009 (from 1 Nov)	0	0	0	0
2010	2	0	2	0
2011	7	6	1	0
2012	6	4	2	0
2013	9	2	1	6

Sexual Assault (including assault by penetration) Investigations by RMP

Year	Total Investigated by RMP	Total Referred to SPA	Total Not Referred to SPA	Still Under Investigation
2009 (from 1 Nov)	2	1	1	0
2010	26	24	2	0
2011	18	13	5	0
2012	15	10	5	0
2013	25	19	3	3

Rape- investigations by the Royal Air Force Police (RAFP)

Year	Total Investigated by RAFP	Total Referred to SPA	Total Not Referred to SPA	Still Under Investigation
2009 (from 1 Nov)	0	0	0	0
2010	3	1	2	0
2011	3	2	1	0
2012	2	2	0	0
2013	2	1	1	0

Sexual Assault (including assault by penetration) Investigations by RAFP

Year	Total Investigated by RAFP	Total Referred to SPA	Total Not Referred to SPA	Still Under Investigation
2009 (from 1 Nov)	2	0	2	0
2010	8	5	3	0
2011	5	4	1	0
2012	3	3	0	0
2013	3	1	2	0

Note: These tables only detail investigations where the appropriate Service police retained jurisdiction and investigative lead.

Figures relating to Domestic Violence could only be provided at disproportionate costs.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2014-06-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he could place in the Library a table showing, for each branch of the Armed Forces Police, the number of cases of (a) rape, (b) sexual assault and (c) domestic violence that were (i) reported, (ii) referred to a prosecutor, (iii) directed for trial, (iv) led to a conviction, (v) led to an acquittal and (vi) led to a custodial sentence in each year between 2009 to 2013.

Anna Soubry

All allegations of rape, sexual assault and domestic violence made by or against members of the Armed Forces are thoroughly investigated. An investigation may be conducted by either the civil or Service Police.

The tables below show the number of alleged cases of rape and sexual assault (including assault by penetration) that were investigated by each branch of the Service police in each year from 2009 to 2013, the number referred to the Service Prosecuting Authority (SPA) and the result of those referrals. The SPA can receive formal referrals only from either Service Police or the Commanding Officer.

It should be noted that the SPA may receive referrals in one year which relate to allegations and investigations made in previous years and that such cases may be directed, disposed and/or tried in following years. There is therefore no direct correlation between investigations and referrals and the number of cases brought in any one year.

ROYAL NAVY POLICE (RNP) INVESTIGATIONS

Rape

Year	Total Investigated by RNP	Total Referred to SPA	Directed For Trial	Acquitted	Convicted	Custodial sentence
2009 (Figures in first column are from 1 Nov –figures in subsequent columns are for all of 2009)	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	2	1	1	1	0	0
2011	0	0	0	0	0	0
2012	0	0	0	0	0	0
2013	1	0	0	0	0	0

Sexual Assault (including assault by penetration)

Year	Total Investigated by RNP	Total Referred to SPA	Directed For Trial	Acquitted	Convicted	Custodial sentence
2009 (Figures in first column are from 1 Nov –figures in subsequent columns are for all of 2009)	3	3	1	0	1	1
2010	1	5	2	1	1	0
2011	10	5	4	1	3	1
2012	3	0	0	0	0	0
2013	11	6	4	2	2	1

ROYAL MILITARY POLICE (RMP) INVESTIGATIONS

Rape

Year	Total Investigated by RMP	Total Referred to SPA	Directed For Trial	Acquitted	Convicted	Custodial sentence
2009 (Figures in first column are from 1 Nov –figures in subsequent columns are for all of 2009)	3	16	10	8	2	2
2010	19	20	8	2	5	5
2011	18	17	6	3	3	3
2012	22	18	9	6	3	3
2013	23	15	7	2	2	2

2013 – DIRECTED FOR TRIAL – 3 cases yet to go to trial

Sexual Assault (including assault by penetration)

Year	Total Investigated by RMP	Total Referred to SPA	Directed For Trial	Acquitted	Convicted	Custodial sentence
2009 (Figures in first column are from 1 Nov –figures in subsequent columns are for all of 2009)	9	24	9	4	5	5
2010	64	42	24	3	21	13
2011	48	60	28	2	25	20
2012	36	26*	15	9	6	4
2013	43	34	17	6	8	7

2013 – DIRECTED FOR TRIAL – 3 cases yet to go to trial

* We previously advised this as being “28”, but on re-investigation realised we have included 2 other Service police referrals that were not for sexual assault.

ROYAL AIR FORCE POLICE INVESTIGATIONS

Rape

Year	Total Investigated by RAFP	Total Referred to SPA	Directed For Trial	Acquitted	Convicted	Custodial sentence
2009 (Figures in first column are from 1 Nov –figures in subsequent columns are for all of 2009)	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	3	0	0	0	0	0
2011	2	1	0	0	0	0
2012	2	2	1	0	1	1
2013	2	5	3	1	0	0

2013 – DIRECTED FOR TRIAL – 2 cases yet to go to trial

Sexual Assault (including assault by penetration)

Year	Total Investigated by RAFP	Total Referred to SPA	Directed For Trial	Acquitted	Convicted	Custodial sentence
2009 (Figures in first column are from 1 Nov –figures in subsequent columns are for all of 2009)	3	4	2	0	2	1
2010	9	4	1	0	1	0
2011	5	5	3	0	3	2
2012	4	5	3	0	3	1
2013	8	5	3	1	1	1

2013 – DIRECTED FOR TRIAL – 1 case yet to go to trial

Domestic violence is not a crime classification, but may be recorded under the crime classification of violence, for example battery, assault or grievous bodily harm. For the Service Police to establish which offences are as a result of domestic violence would require an individual review of all cases, which could be undertaken only at disproportionate cost.

I apologise for not replying sooner; it has taken some time to ensure the accuracy of the data.