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1259999

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment she has made of the potential effect on the CPS of the UK leaving the EU (a) with and (b) without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	910031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2020 answer text <p>The CPS has worked with other prosecutors, law enforcement, the courts, and the Home Office to ensure that effective international cooperation with EU Member States on extradition, gathering of evidence and asset recovery can continue after the Transition Period.</p><p> </p><p>Extensive preparation has taken place to prepare for the outcome of the negotiation and there are well-prepared and well-reheased plans in place – which include producing guidance and training for prosecutors. The CPS has also engaged extensively with EU counterparts in order to safeguard existing and new cases.</p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman question first answered 10/12/2020 16:09:36 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1260000

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Legal Profession: Voluntary Work
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she has taken to support the pro bono community throughout the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Meriden
tabling member printed	Saqib Bhatti
uin	910044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2020 answer text <p>I am proud to be one of Government’s Pro Bono Champions and show my support for the pro bono community.</p><p> </p><p>I heard from members of my Pro Bono Committee in September about the impact of the pandemic on their services, and the resilience and flexibility they have shown in the face of such adversity.</p><p> </p><p>This is not the first time the legal profession has stepped forward to help in a crisis, and I would like to put on record my gratitude to all those who have volunteered their time and expertise during this difficult time.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 10/12/2020 16:08:49 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti

1260001

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Court of Appeal: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What criteria she uses when referring sentences to the Court of Appeal.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	910047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2020 answer text <p>The Law Officers have the power to refer a sentence for review if it appears to us to be not just lenient, but unduly lenient. It is a power we exercise personally, based on our legal assessment of the facts and merits of each case. The court ultimately decide on the case, but we refer cases in the public interest where in our judgment they appear unduly lenient.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 10/12/2020 16:08:07 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1260002

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Rule of Law: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential effect of the end of the transition period on the rule of law.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	910058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government has been working hard to ensure a smooth end to the transition period that gives effect to the referendum result. It will continue to work with the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee and final decisions are expected in the coming days.</p><p> </p><p>The duty of the Law Officers is to ensure that the Government acts lawfully at all times. I take that responsibility seriously, and that will not change after the end of the transition period, regardless of whether we reach negotiate a deal with the EU.</p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman question first answered 10/12/2020 15:59:30 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1255863

registered interest
date	26/11/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Emergency Services: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps she has taken to ensure (a) offences against emergency workers are prosecuted and (b) the CPS is effective in prosecuting offenders against emergency workers.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Marco Longhi
uin	121385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2020 answer text <p>The Law Officers regularly discuss CPS performance across a range of offence types with the DPP, including with relation to offences against emergency workers. This includes scrutiny through the Ministerial Strategic Board.</p><p> </p><p>Our frontline emergency workers provide vital protection to public safety, and it is essential that we also protect them. The CPS works hard to hold perpetrators to account and led on taking 23,628 offences against emergency workers to court in 2019/20.</p><p> </p><p>Protecting emergency workers has also been a focus for the CPS during the pandemic – the DPP has made it clear that when an individual threatens to ‘infect’ an emergency worker by deliberately coughing or spitting, it will be treated extremely seriously by prosecutors.</p><p>The Government welcomed the introduction of the interim Charging Protocol by CPS and the police, which came into effect on 1 April 2020. This protocol prioritises assaults against emergency workers, including COVID-19 related offending.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 03/12/2020 18:02:40 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4789 label Biography information for Marco Longhi

1255980

registered interest
date	26/11/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Credit Unions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether she plans to require her Department and its agencies to provide a payroll deduction service to allow staff to save more easily with a credit union; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	121121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2020 answer text <p>The Attorney Generals’ Office (AGO), the Government Legal Department (GLD), Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) have taken no steps to promote the use of credit unions within their organisations and have no immediate plans to do so.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 03/12/2020 18:01:29 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1254902

registered interest
date	24/11/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Poaching: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, for what reason a record of the species involved is not collated when recording prosecutions of poaching offences.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	120068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>Offences of poaching are usually charged under one of the following:</p><ul><li>Section 1 of the Night Poaching Act 1828,</li><li>section 30 of the Game Act 1831 or</li><li>section 2 of the Poaching Prevention Act 1862.</li></ul><p> </p><p>There is no requirement to specify in an offence which type of animal the defendant was seeking to take or had taken, and in many cases it is not specified.</p><p> </p><p>Therefore, the CPS is not able to keep any records of which species are involved in its prosecutions for poaching.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 01/12/2020 17:40:28 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1251455

registered interest
date	12/11/2020
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 the Unduly Lenient Sentencing Scheme has been used in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	114899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2020 answer text <p>The Law Officers referred a sentence imposed on an offender to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme on 136 occasions in 2015, 190 in 2016, 173 in 2017, 140 in 2018 and 93 in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 20/11/2020 09:20:13 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1251456

registered interest
date	12/11/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many times the Unduly Lenient Sentencing scheme has been used as regards people convicted of offences related to the online sexual exploitation of children in each of the last five years; and on how many occasions that scheme has led to a longer sentence being imposed.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	114900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2020 answer text <p>Online child sexual exploitation may involve the commission of different criminal offences: it is not reflected in a single offence or set of offences but instead is reflected in the facts of an offence. The facts of the offences of those cases referred by the Law Officers to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme suggest that in 2015, 6 cases were referred in which 5 sentences were increased; in 2016, 9 referred and 7 increased; in 2017, 15 referred and 11 increased; in 2018, 4 referred but none increased; in 2019, 3 referred and 1 increased.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 20/11/2020 09:21:09 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1251457

registered interest
date	12/11/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Philippines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps her Department is taking to secure victim impact statements for children in the Philippines who have suffered online sexual exploitation by UK-based offenders; and whether such statements been used in the (a) prosecution and (b) sentencing of UK-based offenders.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	114901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2020 answer text <p>The CPS works closely with the relevant investigatory agencies to secure evidence, which may include victim statements, if the victims are known or identifiable.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS does not centrally record or hold the data on whether victim impact statements from children in the Philippines who have suffered online sexual exploitation by UK-based offenders have been used in the (a) prosecution and (b) sentencing of UK-based offenders. The information could only be obtained by completing manual case file reviews, which would be at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 20/11/2020 09:22:03 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion