Oral Question·Department for Work and Pensions
“What plans the Government has to increase compliance with child maintenance responsibilities.”
Tabled: 15 May 2018Answered: 21 May 2018
Asked by
Nigel Huddleston
Conservative — Droitwich and Evesham
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Answer from Hansard
The Solicitor General
Fraud is the most common type of crime in the UK. It hurts individuals and businesses and undermines everyone who plays by the rules—and it undermines economic confidence too. That is why the Government have underlined their commitment to tackling economic crime by providing the SFO with an £8 million boost as part of the spending review. That will bolster the SFO’s intelligence capabilities so that it can proactively identify and prosecute the biggest and most complex economic crimes.