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61569

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many parliamentary questions tabled to the Law Officers' Departments in the last parliamentary Session did not receive a substantive answer by the time of the 2014 prorogation; and when each such question was first tabled.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	200438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>None.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 16/06/2014 15:47:31 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

61570

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Official Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what visits each of the Ministers in the Law Officers' Departments have made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	200478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>Details of Law Officer visits are published quarterly online at www.gov.uk</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 17/06/2014 12:38:24 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

61435

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Nigeria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether officials of the Crown Prosecution Service have (a) met the Attorney General of Nigeria since January 2012, (b) had any conversations about the sale of the OPL 245 oil concession in Nigeria involving Shell and ENI with (i) the Attorney General of Nigeria and (ii) any other senior official of the Nigerian government and (c) received any requests for mutual legal assistance regarding the OPL 245 case.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	200209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>The CPS Criminal Justice Advisor in Abuja has met with the Attorney-General of Nigeria a number of times since January 2012 to discuss criminal justice reform. The CPS are not aware of any other contact between CPS officials and the Attorney General of Nigeria.</p><p>The CPS is not aware of any of its officials having conversations with the Attorney General of Nigeria or with any other senior official of the Nigerian government about the sale of the OPL 245 oil concession in Nigeria involving Shell and ENI.</p><p>Requests for mutual legal assistance attract a duty of confidentiality to the requesting country and, therefore, the CPS can neither confirm nor deny the receipt of any such requests.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 17/06/2014 12:36:28 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

60998

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Sentencing: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many cases of unduly lenient sentences were (a) referred to his Department, (b) taken up by him and (c) upheld in court since 2010 where the offender whose sentence was the subject of the appeal could have been released prior to the conclusion of the case if there had been a delay in the commencement of proceedings by (i) 14 days, (ii) 28 days, (iii) 42 days and (iv) 62 days; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	200137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The information requested is contained in the following table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Offenders whose sentences</p><p>were referred to the AGO</p></td><td><p>Number of offenders whose sentences</p><p>were referred by the Law Officers</p><p>to the Court of Appeal</p></td><td><p>Cases</p><p>Withdrawn</p></td><td><p>Sentences</p><p>Increased</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>342</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>377</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>94</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>435</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>498</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 up to 11 June 2014</p></td><td><p>247</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>16*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* out of a total of 21 sentences considered by the Court of Appeal up to 11 June 2014</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>My office does not hold information on the release date of offenders that have been referred to the Court of Appeal.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 16/06/2014 16:39:11 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

60999

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Sentencing: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many times an appeal made against an unduly lenient sentence in the last five years has led to someone being returned to prison who had already been released.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	200138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>This information is not collated centrally and obtaining it would require my office to manually consider each file over the last 5 years which would involve a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 16/06/2014 15:55:35 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

61169

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Stalking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, in respect of how many alleged offences under section (a) 2A and (b) 4A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 proceedings are active in magistrates' and crown courts in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Mr Elfyn Llwyd
uin	199965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service does not maintain a central record of the number of particular offences that are currently active in either magistrates' or crown courts in England and Wales.</p><p>The CPS case management system does however record the number of finalised cases which reached a first hearing in the magistrates' court as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Protection from Harassment Act 1997 { 4A(1)(a)(b)(i) and (5) }</p></td><td><p>Stalking involving fear of violence</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Protection from Harassment Act 1997 { 4A(1)(a)(b)(ii) and (5) }</p></td><td><p>Stalking involving serious alarm / distress</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Protection from Harassment Act 1997 { 2A(1) and (4) }</p></td><td><p>Stalking</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>529</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>There is no indication of final outcome or if the offence charged was the offence at finalisation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald grouped question UIN 199969 question first answered 16/06/2014 16:00:05 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	549 label Biography information for Mr Elfyn Llwyd

61171

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Stalking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, in respect of how many alleged offences under section 2A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 proceedings are active in magistrates' courts in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Mr Elfyn Llwyd
uin	199969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service does not maintain a central record of the number of particular offences that are currently active in either magistrates' or crown courts in England and Wales.</p><p>The CPS case management system does however record the number of finalised cases which reached a first hearing in the magistrates' court as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Protection from Harassment Act 1997 { 4A(1)(a)(b)(i) and (5) }</p></td><td><p>Stalking involving fear of violence</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Protection from Harassment Act 1997 { 4A(1)(a)(b)(ii) and (5) }</p></td><td><p>Stalking involving serious alarm / distress</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Protection from Harassment Act 1997 { 2A(1) and (4) }</p></td><td><p>Stalking</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>529</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>There is no indication of final outcome or if the offence charged was the offence at finalisation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald grouped question UIN 199965 question first answered 16/06/2014 16:00:06 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	549 label Biography information for Mr Elfyn Llwyd