§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Attorney-General how many officers of police forces are presently seconded to the Serious Fraud Office; from which police forces they are drawn; and on which inquiries they are employed.
The Attorney-GeneralNinety-three police officers from six police forces are presently seconded to the Serious Fraud Office. In addition, the Serious Fraud Office receives assistance from a number of officers from provincial forces who are investigating cases for the SFO, but who are not actually seconded to that office. For operational reasons the Director of the SFO does not identify the police forces providing assistance to his office at any particular time or their deployment.