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Written question asked by Baroness Hodge of Barking (Labour) on Wednesday, 8 May 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 13 May 2024. It was answered by Tom Tugendhat (Conservative) on Friday, 17 May 2024 on behalf of the Home Office.

National Crime Agency

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) budget and (b) headcount was for the National Crime Agency's Proceeds of Crime Centre in financial year (i) 2021-22, (ii) 2022-23 and (iii) 2023-24; and how many accreditations were issued to financial investigators in each of those financial years.

Answer

The UKFIU and POCC are funded through a mixture of NCA core funding and external funding.

UKFIU headcount at the end of each FY:

  • 2021-22 - 144
  • 2022-23 - 156
  • 2023-24 – 178

UKFIU budget (external funding):

  • 2021-22 – £2,435,355
  • 2022-23 – £2,802,527
  • 2023-24 – £4,740,000

UKFIU budget (core funding):

  • 2021-22 – £192,102
  • 2022-23 – £192,101
  • 2023-24 – £228,000

PoCC budget

  • 2021-22 – £25,781
  • 2022-23 – £195,780
  • 2023-24 – £72,000

Proceeds of Crime Centre headcount at the end of each FY:

  • 2021-22 - 22
  • 2022-23 - 21
  • 2023-24 – 23

Proceeds of Crime Centre Financial Investigator accreditations:

  • 2021-22 - 104
  • 2022-23 - 203
  • 2023-24 – 251

Proceeds of Crime Centre Financial Intelligence Officer accreditations:

  • 2021-22 - 493
  • 2022-23 - 628
  • 2023-24 – 761

Pay costs are not delegated to project areas, so are not included in these totals.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
25132
Session
2023-24
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Finance Staff National Crime Agency
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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