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686929

registered interest
date	08/02/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants: Habeas Corpus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the European Arrest Warrant system with the principle of habeas corpus; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
uin	63780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>The UK’s transposition of the European arrest warrant fully complied with the concept of habeas corpus.</p><p>A decision whether to order surrender under an EAW is made by a UK judge who considers all relevant legal issues, including: whether the conduct would amount to a criminal offence in the UK; applicable bars to extradition such as double jeopardy; politically motivated requests and whether the case against the accused is sufficiently advanced. The requesting State must meet human rights standards, which includes adequate living conditions for the accused. If there is doubt, the UK seeks assurances and ultimately the judge may refuse the EAW if they are not satisfied these standards will be met.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 23/02/2017 12:43:31 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

686930

registered interest
date	08/02/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2017 to Question 62528,what the number of security passes issued by his Department to people not employed by his Department is; what business needs suffice for such a security pass to be granted; and what the number of passes issued to people who work for private companies which have currently or previously been awarded government contracts or which are bidding for such contracts is.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	63757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>The number of security passes issued to people not directly employed by the Law Officer’s Departments and who are not civil servants are shown in the table below. A breakdown of the staff and nature of work has been provided. Individual departments are responsible for managing access to their sites.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Law Officer’s Department </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Security Passes Held by Non-Staff </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Type of Staff and Nature of Work. </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Serious Fraud Office </strong></p></td><td><p>232</p></td><td><p>Legal counsel, specialist contractors or secondees working on SFO casework: 210 Technology support or cleaning services: 22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Government Legal Department and HMCPSI </strong></p></td><td><p>328</p></td><td><p>Medical Research Council : 272 London Continental Railways: 56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Crown Prosecution Service</strong></p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>Facilities staff (building maintenance, cleaning, security): 40 IT contractors: 37 Records management contractors: 3 Confidential waste contractors: 2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Attorney General's Office </strong></p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>Advocate General, Legal Secretary &amp; Head of Advisory: 3 Ministerial Drivers: 2 Maintenance, cleaning and security: 10</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 20/02/2017 12:31:04 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

681287

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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	To ask the Attorney General, what the procedure is for presenting a case to the Crown Prosecution Service independently of the police.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	62297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is the principal prosecuting authority for England and Wales. The functions of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) as head of the CPS are set out in section 3 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985.</p><p> </p><p>The DPP may instigate a prosecution in any case investigated by the police or any of the Government departments or other agencies specifically set out in section 3 and in the exercise of any power specifically assigned to her by the Attorney General. There is no power to prosecute offences which have been investigated by any person or body not listed in section 3 or in an assignment, with the exception that the DPP may also institute criminal proceedings in any case where it appears to her to be appropriate to do so, including cases of particular importance or difficulty.</p><p> </p><p>The use of this power is rare, and anyone approaching the CPS asking them to consider a case for prosecution under this section will usually be recommended to contact the police, as the CPS has no power to investigate a case.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, section 6 of the same Act preserves the right of any individual to commence a private prosecution although the DPP may also take over such proceedings where it is appropriate.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 02/02/2017 18:03:42 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

671645

registered interest
date	11/01/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	CPS Direct
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the average call (a) answer time and (b) length was for CPS Direct in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	59514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>The call handling system used by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) provides precise timings on queuing time of all calls received. Figures on length of call have been estimated from available data.</p><p>In 2012-13 the average answer time was 2 minutes 43 seconds; 2013-14 4 minutes 18; 2014-15 12 minutes 34; 2015-16 16 minutes 05 and 2016-17 25 minutes 03.</p><p>For the corresponding years the length of call has reduced from 39 minutes 15 seconds in 2012, 29 minutes 31 in 2013, 26 minutes 52 in 2014, 24 minutes 51 in 2015 and 23 minutes 02 in 2016.</p><p>Throughout this period there have been many changes to the process of CPS authorisation of police charging making year-on-year comparisons potentially misleading.</p><p>Issues which adversely affected efficiency in the summer of 2016 have now been addressed and the current daily average answering times are below 6 minutes.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 16/01/2017 16:40:20 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

662787

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Islamic State: Genocide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, for what reasons no reference was made in the Government's proposals for the prosecution of ISIS made at the UN on 15 December 2016 to genocide committed against Christians whereas specific reference was made to other minority groups; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	58629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The campaign to bring Daesh to justice is about achieving justice for all of Daesh’s victims, in Iraq, Syria and across the world. This has been the case from the outset of the campaign and is what I said to the UN when I spoke on 15 December 2016.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 09/01/2017 11:00:24 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

654780

registered interest
date	08/12/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Official Cars
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the charges for Government Car Services supplied ministerial cars between 2012 and 2015, published on 17 December 2017, what the (a) purpose, (b) distance travelled and (c) cost was of each journey booked by his Office.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	56816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government Car Service stopped providing individual cars in April 2012. Therefore, there is no individual journey data available from 1 April 2012. The Department for Transport, as part of their transparency agenda, publishes information on the costs incurred by each government department through the use of vehicles provided by the Government Car Services.</p><p> </p><p>Information on recent years can be found via the Gov.UK website below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/ministerial-cars" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/ministerial-cars</a></p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 13/12/2016 12:58:57 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

654288

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what plans the Law Officers' Department has to publish information on the gender pay gap among its employees.
tabling member constituency	Rossendale and Darwen
tabling member printed	Jake Berry
uin	56595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government has consulted on its proposals to extend its commitment to mandatory gender pay gap reporting to the public sector. The Government Legal Department, Crown Prosecution Service and Serious Fraud Office will comply with any future publication requirements which will apply to it when the relevant legislation is in place.</p><p>The Attorney General’s Office and Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate are organisations with less than 250 employees so are not expected to be required to publish any gender pay gap information on their website. The expectation however is that they too will comply with the spirit of the legislation.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 12/12/2016 15:45:50 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry

652575

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Slavery: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps the Government is taking to increase the number of prosecutions for modern slavery.
tabling member constituency	Lincoln
tabling member printed	Karl McCartney
uin	907733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>We have the strongest legal framework in place including the Modern Slavery Act, which came into force in July 2015. The Law Officers are supporting the Prime Minister’s Taskforce on Modern Slavery, and the CPS continues to see a year on year increase in the numbers of prosecutions.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 08/12/2016 10:50:36 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4028 label Biography information for Karl McCartney

652576

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Slavery: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps the Government is taking to increase the number of prosecutions for modern slavery.
tabling member constituency	Dudley South
tabling member printed	Mike Wood
uin	907738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>We have the strongest legal framework in place including the Modern Slavery Act, which came into force in July 2015. The Law Officers are supporting the Prime Minister’s Taskforce on Modern Slavery, and the CPS continues to see a year on year increase in the numbers of prosecutions.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 09/01/2017 11:00:15 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4384 label Biography information for Mike Wood

654619

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what discussions he has had with the devolved administrations on the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the ability to prosecute criminals.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	907743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service and the Serious Fraud Office regularly engage and cooperate with the Crown Office, Scotland’s Prosecution Service, and the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland.</p><p>The Government recognizes the importance of retaining good co-operation with European countries on prosecutions, and will continue to engage with the devolved Administrations to seek the best arrangement possible on leaving the EU.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 08/12/2016 12:10:05 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day