Written questions by Brickell.

What the (a) annual budget and (b) number of staff was for the Crown Prosecution Service Specialist Proceeds of Crime unit in each of the last five years.

The annual budget and number of staff for the Crown Prosecution Service Proceeds of Crime Division in each of the last five years are as follows:Financial Year (FY) endingAnnual BudgetHeadcount FY22*Not available205 FY23£15,475,337200 FY24£17,276,740229 FY25£20,293,788249 FY26£23,090,634261 *Historical figures from the CPS financial planning system Anaplan do not date back to FY22

What the (a) annual budget and (b) number of staff was for the Crown Prosecution Service Specialist Fraud Division in each of the last five years.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) cannot provide the annual budget and number of staff for the Specialist Fraud Division (SFD) in each of the last five years. Some organisational restructuring to meet the challenges posed by the evolving nature of crime was required at the end of 22/23, leading to SFD becoming subsumed by the multidisciplinary Serious Economic, Organised Crime and International Directorate (SEOCID).

What progress she has made on plans to create a whistleblowing incentive program within the Serious Fraud Office.

This Government is committed to cracking down on serious fraud and economic crime.The Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has expressed support for the incentivisation of whistleblowers and the SFO Strategy 2024-29 committed to explore options for achieving this, working with partners in the UK and abroad.The Government will continue to work with the SFO to understand what reforms could be made to help them deliver their mission as effectively as possible.