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Proceeds of Crime Act

Volume 450: debated on Thursday 26 October 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many confiscation orders have been issued to recover tainted gifts under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. (96408)

This information is not held centrally. Confiscation orders are made by the courts for a fixed amount. The court decides the defendant’s benefit from his criminal conduct. This is calculated to include the value of all tainted gifts made by the defendant.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the number of cases in which the Assets Recovery Agency has used its powers to seize tainted gifts under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 since its establishment. (96410)