§ Lord Phillips of Sudburyasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many cases have been prosecuted by the SFO in each of the last five calendar years, and how many have resulted in convictions. [HL2784]
§ The Attorney-General (Lord Goldsmith)Serious Fraud Office statistics are recorded by trials completed in each reporting year (5 April to 4 April). The table below shows the results for the last five years:
Financial Year ( April to April) Trials prosecuted in year Number of Defendants in Trials completed Number of convictions in trials completed (by defendant) 1998–99 18 38 31 1999–2000 8 12 11 2000–01 24 58 51 2001–02 8 13 10 2002–03 14 25 17 2003–04 3 5 4 Total 75 151 124