Serious Fraud Office (Hansard, 21 December 2000)

HC Deb 21 December 2000 vol 360 c331W 331W

§ 34. Mr. Watts
To ask the Solicitor-General what proportion of cases prosecuted by the Serious Fraud Office in the last 12 months resulted in convictions. [142373]

The Solicitor-General
In the past 12 months, 17 of the 18 cases prosecuted by the SFO resulted in convictions. In the 17 cases which resulted in convictions, 36 defendants were convicted and four acquitted. This represents a case success rate of 94 per cent. and a conviction rate of 86 per cent.