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Written question asked by Baroness Hodge of Barking (Labour) on Wednesday, 31 January 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 2 February 2024. It was answered by Andrew Mitchell (Conservative) on Thursday, 8 February 2024 on behalf of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Corruption

Question

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how much his Department (a) budgeted and (b) spent on the UK Action Against Corruption programme in each financial year since the start of that programme.

Answer

The budget and spend on the UK Action to Support Developing Countries Fighting Corruption Programme are provided in the below table. This includes budget and spend in previous iterations of the Programme.

Financial Year

National Crime Agency

Crown Prosecution Agency

City of London Police*

Metropolitan Police Service*

UK Central Authority

2009/10 Budget

-

-

-

-

-

2009/10 Spend

£128,933.00

-

£316,271.68

£243,000.00

-

2010/11 Budget

-

-

-

-

-

2010/11 Spend

£28,059.00

£4,855.00

£889,816.90

£701,969.30

-

2011/12 Budget

-

-

-

-

-

2011/12 Spend

-

£132,713.70

£900,205.38

£759,999.83

-

2012/13 Budget

-

-

-

-

-

2012/13 Spend

£211,500.00

£140,784.47

£1,122,820.87

£938,476.84

-

2013/14 Budget

-

-

-

-

-

2013/14 Spend

£201,984.25

£169,834.41

£1,318,601.56

£1,168,001.00

-

2014/15 Budget

-

-

-

-

-

2014/15 Spend

£419,512.99

£183,043.61

£1,314,870.58

£1,352,288.50

-

2015/16 Budget

£2,824,469.00

£194,887.00

£655,218.00

£219,462.00

-

2015/16 Spend

£1,928,332.37

£215,639.41

£612,753.00

£108,953.74

-

2016/17 Budget

£3,912,796.00

£231,748.00

£404,426.00

 -

-

2016/17 Spend

£2,748,325.44

£216,546.87

£455,877.74

-

-

2017/18 Budget

£4,361,241.00

£244,761.00

£240,000.00

-

-

2017/18 Spend

£3,875,640.69

£261,205.19

£191,936.82

-

-

2018/19 Budget

£4,443,003.00

£272,931.00

£180,700.00

-

-

2018/19 Spend

£4,869,794.62

£252,941.12

£180,471.24

-

-

2019/20 Budget

£4,610,853.00

£272,931.00

£170,000.00

-

-

2019/20 Spend

£4,230,454.11

£300,146.87

£233,218.28

-

-

2020/21 Budget

£5,656,027.00

£317,000.00

£117,943.00 (Budget for FY 2020/21 and 2021/22)

-

£254,788.00

2020/21 Spend

£5,538,861.87

£313,544.41

£36,444.55

-

£180,032.77

2021/22 Budget

£5,023,000.00

£213,000.00

£117,943.00 (Budget for FY 2020/21 and 2021/22)

-

£65,608.00

2021/22 Spend

£4,699,253.60

£213,000.00

£18,643.20

-

£54,776.10

2022/23 Budget

£4,764,774.00

£213,000.00

-

-

-

2022/23 Spend

£5,006,953.80

£213,000.00

-

-

-

*The Metropolitan Police Service Proceeds of Corruption Team (POCU) and the work of the City of London Police Overseas Anti-Corruption Unit (OACU) were merged with the National Crime Agency in 2015. OACU funding continued to complete legacy cases until 2021/22. The UK Central Authority funding began in 2020 but then was cut as a result of Covid budget priorities.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
12219
Session
2023-24
Subjects
Corruption Finance
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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