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1732277

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date	08/10/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General and Crown Prosecution Service: Paternity Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Solicitor General, what the average length of paternity leave taken by staff in (a) her Department and (b) the Crown Prosecution Service was in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Telford
tabling member printed	Shaun Davies
uin	7897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2024 answer text <p>Our records show that between 2021 and October 2024, Attorney General’s Office and Crown Prosecution Service employees have taken paternity leave for the birth or adoption of a child.</p><p>The average working days taken (AWDT) is shown in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Attorney General’s Office – AWDT</p></td><td><p>Crown Prosecution Service – AWDT</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024 (Jan to Oct)</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Sarah Sackman question first answered 17/10/2024 16:26:57 answering member 5204
tabling member	5041

1730343

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Solicitor General, how many people, other than special advisers, have been appointed to civil service posts in her Department without open competition since 4 July 2024; what their (a) job titles and (b) salary bands are; and on what basis each was appointed.
tabling member constituency	Salisbury
tabling member printed	John Glen
uin	6139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>No appointments to civil service posts in the Attorney General’s Office, excluding special advisers, have been made without open competition since 4 July 2024.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Sarah Sackman question first answered 14/10/2024 10:14:31 answering member 5204
tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

1730344

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Solicitor General, what (a) direct ministerial and (b) other public appointments to her Department and associated bodies have (i) been (A) removed from their posts and (B) asked to resign and (ii) been made since 4 July 2024.
tabling member constituency	Salisbury
tabling member printed	John Glen
uin	6140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2024 answer text <p>No direct ministerial appointments to the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) or the Law Officers’ Departments (the Crown Prosecution Service, Serious Fraud Office, Government Legal Department, and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate) have been made or removed or asked to resign since 4 July 2024. While not direct ministerial appointments, the Law Officers and the Law Officers’ Departments routinely seek advice from outside experts on the law, including counsel, solicitors or academic specialists. Arrangements for using counsel, solicitors and academics are principally via panels of counsel, panels of law firms or their academic institutions.</p><p>As regards public appointments, following an open competition, two non-executive directors were appointed by the Attorney General to the board of the Serious Fraud Office on 1 October 2024. More information can be found here: <a href="https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2024/10/01/serious-fraud-office-welcomes-two-new-non-executive-directors-2/#:%7E:text=The%20Serious%20Fraud%20Office%20is,and%20Simon%20McKinnon%20CB%20CBE." target="_blank">Serious Fraud Office welcomes two new non-executive directors - Serious Fraud Office (sfo.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>No other public appointments to the AGO and Law Officers’ Departments have been made or removed or asked to resign since 4 July 2024</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Sarah Sackman question first answered 11/10/2024 12:26:28 answering member 5204
tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

1730893

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
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 Solicitor General, how many cases are awaiting charging decisions by the Crown Prosecution Service for (a) summary only, (b) either way and (c) indictable only offences.
tabling member constituency	Telford
tabling member printed	Shaun Davies
uin	6693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>Management information is held showing the number of cases with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) which are awaiting a pre-charge decision.</p><p>The overall number of cases which were awaiting a charging decision or administrative triage (completed on files sent by the police to the CPS for a charging decision) as of 25 March 2024 was 13,697. This data is provided in line with the last quarterly data release in March 2024. The next quarterly release is due on 17 October 2024 which will be available on the CPS website at <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/cps-quarterly-data-summaries" target="_blank">CPS quarterly data summaries | The Crown Prosecution Service</a>.</p><p>These figures do not include cases that have been referred to the CPS but that are currently with the police to action, having been sent back to them with a request for further information.</p><p>This count is of the number of cases, not suspects. A single case may cover one suspect or several. No data is available in the report showing whether the alleged offences are summary, either-way or indictable only. To obtain this information would require a manual review at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Sarah Sackman question first answered 14/10/2024 10:12:44 answering member 5204
tabling member	5041

1730913

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
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 Solicitor General, what steps she is taking to ensure transparency in Crown Prosecution Service decisions.
tabling member constituency	Spen Valley
tabling member printed	Kim Leadbeater
uin	6660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>The Code for Crown Prosecutors makes clear that, when making decisions, prosecutors must be fair and objective and act in the interests of justice. To maintain transparency around its legal decision-making, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has integrated several processes into its working practices to ensure that victims are informed about decisions and the support available to them.</p><p>Since January 2020, the CPS has published quarterly bulletins of data tables and summaries of main trends as part of the CPS’s commitment to transparency on prosecution performance, which contain performance data on overall prosecution figures, police referrals, and charging rates in a range of offence types. These can be found here: <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/cps-quarterly-data-summaries" target="_blank">CPS quarterly data summaries | The Crown Prosecution Service</a>.</p><p>Transparency is important in particular for victims. Under the Victim Communication and Liaison scheme, in certain circumstances the CPS communicates directly with victims to explain its legal decision-making for charging. It also provides enhanced services to bereaved families of victims, including meetings to explain its legal decisions. To improve this offer, the CPS is testing direct communication of its charging decisions in a small number of regional areas, using victims’ preferred method of contact.</p><p>Victims may also seek a review of certain CPS decisions not to start a prosecution or to stop a prosecution, under the Victims’ Right to Review scheme.</p><p>The CPS also engages with communities impacted by hate crime and Violence Against Women and Girls through convening Local Scrutiny Involvement Panels. These panels enable the CPS to explain its role in the criminal justice system and how prosecutors make charging decisions.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Sarah Sackman question first answered 14/10/2024 12:01:15 answering member 5204
tabling member	4923 label Biography information for Kim Leadbeater

1731410

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Official Cars
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answers of 6 September 2024 to Questions 2306 and 2308 on Ministers: Official Cars, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department have (i) been allocated a dedicated vehicle and (ii) access to use of a shared vehicle from the Government Car Service; what the (A) make, (B) model and (C) fuel type is for each car; and what the budget was for those cars in the 2024-25 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Bridlington and The Wolds
tabling member printed	Charlie Dewhirst
uin	7035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government Car Service (GCS) offers vehicles to government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles to its ministerial cadre/officials, as under previous administrations.</p><p>The Attorney General’s Office is currently allocated two vehicles including allocated and shared vehicles.</p><p>For security reasons specific details of allocations including make and model of vehicles are not issued.</p><p>The average cost to a department for a single DPC (Department Pool Car) in 2024/25 financial years is £108K per annum.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Sarah Sackman question first answered 14/10/2024 11:55:10 answering member 5204
tabling member	5169

1731411

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Official Cars
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Solicitor General, what her Department's policy is on the allocation of Government Car Service cars to senior officials; what the policy was on 24 May 2024; and which senior officials have been granted access to the service since 4 July 2024.
tabling member constituency	Bridlington and The Wolds
tabling member printed	Charlie Dewhirst
uin	7036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government Car Service (GCS) offers vehicles to government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles.</p><p>The arrangements relating to the using of vehicles in the Government Car Service is set out in the Civil Service Management Code.</p><p>There has been no change in this policy since the general election.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Sarah Sackman question first answered 14/10/2024 16:47:07 answering member 5204
tabling member	5169

1728957

registered interest
date	11/09/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Defence Equipment: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Solicitor General, if she has provided advice on whether F-35 components supplied by the UK to Israel via a third party are used by Israel in Gaza in compliance with international humanitarian law.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	5324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2024 answer text <p>Paragraph 2.13 of the Ministerial Code states: ‘the fact that the Law Officers have advised or have not advised and the content of their advice must not be disclosed outside Government without their authority’. This is known as the Law Officers’ Convention, and it applies to your question.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Sarah Sackman question first answered 07/10/2024 08:44:57 answering member 5204
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1728103

registered interest
date	09/09/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Knives: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking to help increase prosecution rates for knife crime.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	4767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2024 answer text <p>This Government is committed to halving knife crime in the next decade as set out in our Safer Streets Mission.</p><p>From Tuesday 24 September, it will be illegal to own zombie-style knives and machetes as they will be added to the list of dangerous prohibited items already banned, including zombie knives, butterfly knives, Samurai swords, and push daggers. The Government will also legislate to ban ninja swords and strengthen rules to prevent online sales of knives.</p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service and National Police Chiefs’ Council also work closely to prevent and tackle knife crime. Guidance setting out their joint approach to knife crime offending can be found here: <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/offensive-weapons-knife-crime-practical-guidance" target="_blank">Offensive Weapons, Knife Crime Practical Guidance | The Crown Prosecution Service (cps.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Sarah Sackman question first answered 12/09/2024 13:37:34 answering member 5204
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1727660

registered interest
date	05/09/2024
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 Solicitor General, if she will publish the number of cases awaiting charging decisions by the Crown Prosecution Service, broken down by (a) whether they are (i) summary only, (ii) either way and (iii) indictable only offences and (b) by Crown Prosecution Service region.
tabling member constituency	Telford
tabling member printed	Shaun Davies
uin	4455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2024 answer text <p>Management information is held showing the number of cases with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) which are awaiting a pre-charge decision.</p><p>The table below shows the overall number of cases which were awaiting a charging decision or administrative triage (completed on files sent by the police to the CPS for a charging decision) as of 25 March 2024. This data is provided in line with the last quarterly data release in March 2024.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>25/03/2024</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cymru Wales</p></td><td><p>1,354</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>1,107</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Of England</p></td><td><p>868</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London North</p></td><td><p>803</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London South</p></td><td><p>833</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside and Cheshire</p></td><td><p>733</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>852</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>1,088</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>912</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>1,167</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames &amp; Chiltern</p></td><td><p>759</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>631</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>1,571</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humberside</p></td><td><p>1,019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13,697</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Data Source: CPS Pre-Charge Decision Workload Report</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>These figures do not include cases that have been referred to the CPS but that are currently with the police to action, having been sent back to them with a request for further information.</p><p>This count is of the number of cases, not suspects. A single case may cover one suspect or several.</p><p>No data is available in the report showing whether the alleged offences are summary, either-way or indictable only. To obtain this information would require a manual review at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Sarah Sackman question first answered 12/09/2024 13:51:00 answering member 5204
tabling member	5041