• Our research examined twenty-three sectors and institutions in the UK.

• 53.4% of respondents to our national opinion survey believe that corruption has increased either a little or a lot in the UK in the last three years; only 2.5% of respondents believe that corruption has decreased either a little or a lot.

• 48.1% of respondents do not think the government is effective in tackling corruption; just over one quarter of respondents (25.9%) feel the government is effective, and 25.9% are unsure.

• 92.7% of respondents would like to report corruption, but only 30.1% would know where to report it.

• There are at least 12 different agencies or government departments with partial responsibility for anti-corruption activities, plus more than 40 police forces, and it is unclear whether they share information, collaborate on investigations, or share good practice on corruption prevention.

• A leaked Metropolitan Police investigation in 2006 estimated that there are around 1000 corrupt prison officers currently working, with a further 600 officers being involved in an inappropriate relationship with a prisoner.

• In 2009 alone, there were 10,090 prosecutions under the 2006 Fraud Act, with no indication as to how many may have included some elements of corruption.

• In 2007, the Stevens Inquiry found that irregular payments had been involved in 17 football transfers.

• It is currently estimated that 38,000 people are involved in organised crime in the UK, and such activities cost the economy anywhere between £20 and £30 billion per year.

• Only 1.9% of respondents in our national opinion survey had paid a bribe in the past twelve months.  Yet a 2006 survey for the construction sector found that 41% of respondents had personally been offered a bribe at least once in their career.