Question follow-through · 46799
Proceeds of Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times her Department has used the Proceeds Of Crime Act 2002 to recover assets following criminal prosecutions in each of the last five years.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 22 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 28 Apr 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times her Department has used the Proceeds Of Crime Act 2002 to recover assets following criminal prosecutions in each of the last five years.
28 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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28 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Department for Work and Pensions uses the Proceeds of Crime Act to apply to the courts to recover assets following criminal prosecutions. In Great Britian in total there have been 174 cases in the last 5 years which resulted in a confiscation order fr...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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