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1694996

registered interest
date	11/03/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Domestic Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the destinations were of domestic overnight visits undertaken by Ministers within their Department in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Dame Nia Griffith
uin	17846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my response to <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-03-07/17533" target="_blank">UIN 17533</a> tabled on Wednesday 13 March 2024.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 14/03/2024 13:20:17 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1694541

registered interest
date	07/03/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Domestic Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many domestic overnight visits were undertaken by Ministers within her Department in each of the last three financial years; and what the cost to the public purse was of these visits.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Dame Nia Griffith
uin	17533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government publishes on GOV.UK details of the cost of overseas Ministerial travel, including costs of travel, and on other costs (visas, accommodation, meals).</p><p>But as has been the case under successive administrations, the Government does not publish granular detail on Ministers’ travel at home or abroad.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 13/03/2024 11:21:12 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1694142

registered interest
date	06/03/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Fraud and Maladministration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what estimate she has made of the amount of money lost to fraud and error by her Department in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Dame Nia Griffith
uin	17321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>There have been no incidents of money lost to fraud and error by the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) in each of the last three financial years.</p><p>Information relating to detected fraud and error for the AGO is published in the HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor Annual Reports and Accounts (HMPGTS Accounts). The HMPGTS Accounts for the financial years 2020-21, 2021-22, and 2022-23 are available on GOV.UK at the following links: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gld-ago-and-hmcpsi-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-to-2021" target="_blank">2020-21</a>, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-procurator-general-and-treasury-solicitor-annual-report-and-accounts-2021-22" target="_blank">2021-22</a>, and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-procurator-general-treasury-solicitor-annual-report-2022-23" target="_blank">2022-23</a>. The HMPGTS Accounts contain information relating to the AGO, Government Legal Department, and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate.</p><p>The Government is proud of its record in proactively seeking to find and prevent more fraud in the system. We have established the dedicated Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA). In its first year, it delivered £311 million in audited counter fraud benefits.</p><p>The PSFA produces a Fraud Landscape Report which is available on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cross-government-fraud-landscape-annual-report-2022" target="_blank">Cross-Government Fraud Landscape Annual Report 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. This provides data on fraud and error detection, loss and recoveries in central government, outside of the tax and welfare system. The 2020-21 Report was published in March 2023.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 12/03/2024 10:32:45 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1693767

registered interest
date	05/03/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: WhatsApp
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what guidance her Department issues on the use of WhatsApp.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Dame Nia Griffith
uin	17063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>All departments in central government, including arms lengths bodies apply the published guidance: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/non-corporate-communication-channels-for-government-business" target="_blank">Using non-corporate communication channels (e.g. WhatsApp, private email, SMS) for government business</a> published by Cabinet Office in March 2023. It applies to all individuals in central government (ministers, special advisers, officials, contractors, non-executive board members and independent experts advising ministers). The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) uses the central guidance and has applied it since March 2023.</p><p>Please note that I am responding on behalf of the AGO only, and not the departments superintended by myself and the Attorney General (the Crown Prosecution Service, HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, Government Legal Department, and Serious Fraud Office).</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 12/03/2024 10:43:59 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1693245

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Publishing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what reports and guidance their Department has produced in the last three years; and how much was spent on their (a) printing and (b) distribution.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Dame Nia Griffith
uin	16625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>The requested information is not centrally held, and complying with this request would incur a disproportionate cost to the Attorney General’s Office (AGO). Reports and guidance that the AGO has published can be found on GOV.UK at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/all?organisations%5b%5d=attorney-generals-office&amp;order=updated-newest&amp;parent=attorney-generals-office" target="_blank">Search - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>Please note that I am responding on behalf of the AGO only, and not the departments superintended by the Attorney General and I (the Crown Prosecution Service, HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, Government Legal Department, and Serious Fraud Office).</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 07/03/2024 11:25:23 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith