§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Beaconsfield (Mr. Grieve) of 9 May 2002,Official Report, column 322W, how many and what percentage of financial disclosures were received by the National Criminal Intelligence Service in 2000, broken down by category of source, and what was the average number of financial disclosures for each relevant member of staff at NCIS in that year. [56626]
§ Mr. Bob Ainsworth[holding answer 15 April 2002]: In 2000, the Economic Crime Branch of the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) received 18,408 suspicious transaction reports from the following sources:
Number Percentage Banks 11,532 62.65 Bureaux/money transfer 2,801 15.21 Building societies 1,756 9.54 Insurance 606 3.29 Solicitors 248 1.35 Gaming/betting 316 1.72 Securities firms 128 0.70 Mortgage 123 0.67 Motor organisation 120 0.65 Independent financial adviser 108 0.59 Accountants 77 0.42 Regulators 64 0.35 Credit cards 44 0.24 Asset management 39 0.21 Auction houses 24 0.13 Cheque cashiers 12 0.07 Estate agent 3 0.02 Company formation 2 0.01 Market and exchange 1 0.01 Others 404 2.19 Due to the varying roles and responsibilities of staff within the Economic Crime Branch, information relating to the average number of financial disclosures for each relevant member of staff for NCIS is not readily available.
848W30 members of staff were employed in the Economic Crime Branch in April 2000, but not all would have been dealing with financial disclosures.