Economic Crime
Question
Emily Thornberry
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Page 75 of the Government's Economic Crime Plan 2023-2026 published on 30 March 2023, how many of the extra 475 full time equivalent staff dedicated to economic crime will be (a) newly recruited to the public sector for that work or (b) re-deployed from other roles within the public sector; and how many of those staff she expects to be in place by the end of financial years (i) 2023-24, (ii) 2024-25 and (iii) 2025-26.
Answer
Tom TugendhatThe roles will be recruited through fair and open competition.
The expectation is that 160 of these full time equivalent staff will be in place by the end of financial year 23/24, 285 in place by the end of financial year 24/25 and 475 in place by the end of financial year 25/26.