How much does the Insolvency Service spend on criminal convictions enforcement?
In response to a Freedom of Information Act 2000 request, the Insolvency Service provided a response on 14 July 2025 to the following question:
Please let me have details of a) the budget for the calendar year 2024 and b) the amount spent by the Insolvency Service in that period to pursue criminal convictions.
The response was as follows:
a) the budget for the calendar year 2024.
For the financial year 2024/25, the allocated budget for criminal prosecutions was £5,755,530.
b) the amount spent by the Insolvency Service in that period to pursue criminal convictions.
In the financial year 2024/25, the Insolvency Service incurred costs totalling £4,393,868 in relation to criminal prosecutions.
However, a further response on 7 August 2025 with updated information was submitted as follows:
While reviewing the information in relation to your follow-up request under FOI25/26-096, it became clear that the initial figures were incorrect. This was an error on our part due to a double count of subtotals caused by an incorrect formula. We are now providing the corrected information below.
The request this relates to was:
“Please let me have details of a) the budget for the calendar year 2024 and b) the amount spent by the Insolvency Service in that period to pursue criminal convictions.”
On 10 July 2025, we contacted you to ask whether you would accept financial year figures in place of calendar year figures. You confirmed on the same day that this would be acceptable.
Your request has been dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).
I can confirm the agency holds the information that you have requested, and I have provided answers to your questions below.
a) The budget for the calendar year 2024.
For the financial year 2024/25, the allocated budget for criminal prosecutions was £3,383,343.
b) The amount spent by the Insolvency Service in that period to pursue criminal convictions.
In the financial year 2024/25, the Insolvency Service incurred costs totalling £2,784,660 in relation to criminal prosecutions.
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